But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we are all the work of Your hand. – Isaiah 64:8
What is it you like to create? Do you like to sculpt? Make music? Re-purpose thrift store finds? Do you like to dress really well? Do you enjoy painting, home decorating, or putting on makeup? Do you like to write or garden? Do you meticulously mow the lawn to create a design? Are you an artist when it comes to wrapping presents? People who make memory blankets out of favorite t-shirts or swittens have my admiration!
Each of us has this creative nature in us. I have yet to meet a child who doesn’t enjoy shaping and molding Play-Dough. Our individual creativities get expressed in so many different ways and we experience a special kind of joy when our creative gears are in use. When we engage our creative sides, we are being just like our heavenly Father, in whose image we are made.
We are made in the image of the genius of creators, our Creator God.
Would you have thought of creating the sloth? Someone may have thought of stars in the sky but what about the milky way or nebula, comets, and planets with rings? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes? Would you have thought to make oranges full of vitamin C to be ripe and ready during cold and flu season? Could you design an infinite number of different snowflakes so no two are alike?
We are made in His image. Like Father, like child. When we find ourselves being creative, enjoying our passions let us remember we are made in His image, we are being like our Abba, our dad. We are being our Father’s child. We are being His.
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Heavenly Father, thank You so much for giving us a love for what You love, creating. May I always remember and be grateful that I am made in Your image, made like You for Your glory and purposes, not my own. There is no one like You, Lord Jesus, no one. You are amazing, creative, complex, and complete. We love and appreciate you, in Your Name, Jesus, I pray, Amen.