One of the great dangers and frustrations that praying creatives face is success.

A little progress under the belt builds confidence, but naturally, that confidence can tip into self-reliance. We forget that the same grace we desperately desired when the starting gun fired is still required, perhaps increasingly, as the race continues.

Paul lamented the fact that the Galatians began in a spirit of reliance and humility but switched gear once they had a little experience under their belt.

“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:3 KJV)

The scriptures also speak of this in the book of Jeremiah. Instead of humble and thirsty dependence on the Source, God’s people hewed shallow troughs to draw from:

“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13 KJV)

Retain your reliance.

Hold fast to the Fount.

Come back to simplicity, sincerity, and a sweet spirit that seeks God at every turn.

He fills the hungry, satisfies the thirsty, and instead of your energies bleeding through the cracks of self-reliance, gushing grace will overflow from your inner man to bless the world.