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I think we need to expand our definition of creativity. I think most of us think of painters or sculpters or musicians or singers or designers when we think of creativity. Even if you can’t paint, sculpt, play music, sing, or design, you can still create. We serve a creative God. Should we as His followers, not also be creative?

This weekend I listened to a podcast message from Erwin Mcmanus. In the message, he explained how the Biblical story of David and Goliath is not just a story of strong faith and great courage, but a story of creativity.

Here are a few quotes from the message that were worth sharing……

• The creative act, in its essence, at it’s core, is the most selfless, sacrificial, beautiful act of humanity.
• You’re never going to discover your full, creative potential until you’re willing to step into a crisis, a challenge, a problem, an issue bigger than you.
• Somewhere along the way, we became convinced that the people, the tribe of Jesus, needed a place to be safe rather than an opportunity to step into the dangerous.
• The moment you begin to break beyond the line of other people’s fear, people will begin to despise and resent you………..Everyone around you who lives a life of apathy and mediocrity will despise your ambition to do something that matters in the world. Creativity always comes with a price.
• You know when you become most creative? You become most creative when you find yourself in a challenge, in a crisis, in a circumstance, that it seems as if you never prepared for.
• Is it possible that God is trying to take you from the area of your comfort and security and of your expertise and move you into an entirely different arena so that God can do something that has never been done before in the world? And maybe something that has never happened in you.
• If you keep trying to control your world, you’ll never be part of creating a different world. If you spend your energy trying to control your life, you will never use your energy to create a life.
• The power of the creative act is when you have the courage to step into a moment filled with crisis. You face a problem, a challenge, an obstacle, and you have the courage to take off all the previous suppositions that caused everyone before you to fail and say “God, I’m going to stand here, stripped of everything I know that should bring me success and allow you to engage the creative act in me to do something that has never been done before.” No one had ever killed the giant with one stone.

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