Creative Expectation

If you're an artist, I'm sure you have had those moments when you just wanted to create something. It was as if there was no other option in the moment--you just had to create. You were inspired by a movie, a book, a conversation with a good friend, or your personal encounter with Jesus, and your spirit was stirred to produce a piece of utter beauty.
But how hard was it to get started? That is often the problem, isn't it? Even when the inspiration is there, the words, the moves, the lyrics, the brush strokes don't always come as you imagined them to. They don't always accurately tell of the feelings that have compelled you so strongly.
We all want to give something of value to the world. We want our words, our creations to matter to someone else, to reverse some injustice in the world, to heal a heart or two, to bring meaning to someone's life.
I am no expert, but I do know this: We have something of value to offer the world. We can change things through our art.
I have been reading some books that have pointed out the fact that so many of us are just afraid to begin, or finish something for that matter. We either feel inadequate at the start, or unqualified once we do, and we let it hinder what could be released through our God-ordained creativity.
God has been speaking to me about taking risks. Risks are about Him. Trusting Him to do through us what we know we cannot possibly do on our own. Let's do something different. I think there are a lot of dreamers in this world. I am one of them. We hear phrases a lot like "Dream big," and we think, yeah, I should dream big. Why limit the possibilities?
Exactly! But don't just dream it. Next time a great and seemingly impossible idea comes to you, try it. Don't be afraid of rejection or failure. If we never act on the dreams we have been given, nothing will ever happen, and the world won't change.
We are disqualified, in so many ways. But that fact has not caused our Creator to disqualify us. Why do you think He gave that idea to you of all people? Hmmm...
He will do through you what you can't. Just take those steps of faith and let Him bring the work to completion. When you don't know what to do next, instead of giving up, ask Him what you should do. Put the time and work in if there is a gap somewhere.
But never give up.
Our broken world is depending on the beauty that can only be released when we act on the dreams God has given us.
Let's start creating, and expect the Author of creativity to breathe on our acts of faith.