If You Want to Know a Creator

If you want to know a creator, all you have to do is look at what and how they create.

You don’t have to be close friends with your favorite songwriter or best-selling author to know their worldviews. Just sample their art. It reveals far more about their beliefs than they may realize.

If you want to know God, a good starting place is to consider his creation. The first way God makes himself known is as Creator. Through his creativity, we see his invisible qualities—his power and nature.

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (Romans 1:20 NLT)

How does God create? Extravagantly. Wildly. Freely. He didn’t need time to warm up or find his groove. He wasn’t searching for a formula or hoping nervously that others would approve of his creation.

He creates from a place of truth. His creativity flows from who he is (his identity) and what he does (his creativity). In that sense, the vast panorama of creation reflects his essence—or presence—in endless ways.

Now, let’s make it personal. If people could observe you while you created, would they experience an atmosphere of joy or stress? Are you expecting your creation to do the impossible and contain more life than you had while birthing it? Hard questions but they are ones worth asking.

Because if you want to know a creator, all you have to do is look at what and how they create.

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