Your True Purpose as a Creative
I’ve been a writer for years – and just like any Christian creative out there, your purpose is to create. This can be by writing an article, designing a website, clothing, or brainstorming an incredible product. By our creativity, other people’s lives are changed. This is what being a Christian creative is all about and we must remember this purpose whenever we are called by God to share our ideas with others.
As a creative, we have both a mission and a vision when we create. However, there is a special purpose that lies beneath our mission and vision and this purpose is what drives us to do what we do. One may ask, where does this purpose come from? It comes from our calling and talent given to us by God. God has plans for us all by what we create.
Your unique blend of faith and creativity can move mountains. Your purpose-driven work has the potential to transform lives, and inspire breakthroughs.
Personally, as a writer, I keep in mind that the act of spreading messages through the written word has been one of the oldest forms of communication since the beginning of creation and still stands strong throughout the depths and changes of time today.
And if you’re a writer, then you probably understand where I’m coming from with this. The Lord has spoken to us through the written word as it is a wonderful way for humans to absorb a message. If this is a way God creates and speaks to us, then it is a way we should continue to communicate with others. As said in John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” Because of this, we can never lose sight of our own purpose and why we write or why we were given the gift to do so creatively.
A Christian creative has a duty. We must continue to do the work of our Almighty God as Jesus did while here on Earth. We see this applied in John 14:10, “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” Jesus guided the people through The Divine Purpose and Word of God. If we follow Jesus’s example, we can continue to do so as well.
Every product, service, word, or interaction has the potential to change someone’s day, challenge their perspective, or spark hope.
Lastly, it’s important to be mindful that if we need inspiration, there are holy writings ready for us to read which we know as scripture. By keeping scripture close by our side and keeping sight of our purpose as we create, our work can journey among others far and wide across the world.
