Limitless creative potential exists in the human heart filled with the Holy Ghost. His infinite indwelling lifts the lid on our little lives and makes them expansive in ways that defy natural reason.

Creative life in Christ is one that brings peace and production together, flowing freely from a foundation of faithful rest in God’s ability to work in and through His yielded people.

1. Endlessly Creative

The recklessly creative imagination of the Godhead is mind-boggling. Everything from beautiful to bizarre found its Genesis in His infinite mind. The invisible and the visible worlds are the work of His genius.

“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:20–21 KJV)

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:” (Genesis 1:24–25 KJV)

The sheer abundance and diversity of the natural world are beyond our comprehension. Science discovers new wonders every day, and still just scratch the surface of the infinite mind behind their inception.

Modern education and society often crush the juice out of kids and seek to conform their (super)naturally creative nature into a safe box that can be channeled into useful servitude to a system designed to limit individual expression.

In the coming years a deluge of divinely inspired ideas and inventions will flood the world, each one of them pointing to the great Mind who conceived the universe and placed it’s irrefutable laws in motion.

Is it not bedazzling to remember,

“… who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:16 KJV)

May the people of God be open and willing to act as conduits for this creative renaissance!

May the Church become the magnificent hub for Heaven’s solutions to a broken world!

May wonder come again to and from the House of God!

2. Fruitful Multiplication

“Be fruitful, and multiply,” (Genesis 1:28 KJV)

God is a multiplier.

There’s a synergy that occurs when man and his Maker connect that blows the lid on expected metrics. Add infinity to any equation and all things become possible!

While we may scratch around trying to add to our lives, God awaits our devoted attention so He can accomplish something far more remarkable.

“But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” (Matthew 13:23 KJV)

A deep abiding connection to God is the Source of all we make. He is the Inspirer, breathing brilliance into the hearts and minds of His people.

Like Isaac we can receive supernatural abundance even in times of drought and famine:

“And there was a famine in the land … And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of … Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.” (Genesis 26:1-2;12 KJV)

Dwell and serve and sow in the place God has planted you, and allow Him to bring the increase you seek. This is not always easy, and it sometimes will take all of your faith and inner resource to resist running down to Egypt and doing things the world’s way.

Servitude to a system that’s designed to create slaves is not a great strategy.

“… in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15 KJV)

God wants to do something far beyond anything we can do in our own power. Supernatural gifts, insights, and direction are the norm in the streets of heaven, and we are Kingdom people bringing that Kingdom to the earth.

3. Dust and Dignity

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7 KJV)

Our weak frame is dignified by the life and breath of God working in us.

The Christian creative life is one of deep humility on one hand, and boundless brilliance on the other.

We know that we are dust, dignified by the humility of God’s Spirit choosing to dwell within us. This outer frame is a temporary residence, but one that has been sanctified for magnificence by the King of Universe.

It’s a mystery and a balance only God can bring to being.

You are the temple of the Holy Ghost!

The members of your body are the creative weapons He wields to bring His brilliance to the world, and show forth His good, perfect and acceptable will in the realms of humanity.

There is so much we could say about the wonder of the human body, but for now let’s just focus on its proper use as an instrument of worship:

“I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs]” (Romans 12:1–2 AMP)

“use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.” (Romans 6:13 NLT)

Here’s a great place to start your worship service.

A good healthy breakfast after adequate sleep washed down with water. Self care is not a sacrifice or selfishness – it is your reasonable service to ensure that your body will serve the purposes of God for many years to come.

4. God-Breathed Brilliance

“God … breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7 KJV)

A lifeless husk became a vibrant living being when filled with the breath of Heaven.

Soul dry living is the desert norm for many today, traipsing heavy-footed seeking rest in the parched valleys of a world that has forsaken the living waters.

God has a better way. A way infused with His breath. It is not the way of the world:

“Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive.” (Habakkuk 2:4 MESSAGE)

The creative life of Christ is one of utter dependence on the inbreathing of the Holy Ghost, and as such is one of yielding not striving. Learning the rested ways of faith is counterintuitive and countercultural, but cannot be beaten.

Loyal and steady believing is the way of the Master and the pathway to becoming fully alive!

5. Flourish Where You Are Planted

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” (Genesis 2:8 KJV)

God plants us where we will flourish.

For some, this may be the cities, for others some backwater village or even a hidden life dedicated to the purposes of prayer.

The idea that the grass is greener on the other side is a lie that prevails in many lives.

Flourish where you are planted. Put down your roots to recognize God in your own garden of influence rather than pining for what others have or where they have been planted.

I am planted to encourage Christian creatives to take hold of God in prayer and production, bring their best to the world.

What is your sphere of influence? What garden has he planted you in?

Knowing what you are formed for will kill the FOMO (fear of missing out) and allow you to flourish in the call of God – the garden of God’s making!