FAITH TO RELEASE CREATIVE VITALITY
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Those who will create like the Father MUST do so by FAITH, through grace! Men who will overcome the world must necessarily be men of faith fully adorned by the garment of grace.
WHY FAITH?
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Apart from being the primary ingredient of pleasing God as espoused in Hebrews 11:6; FAITH is the CONNECTION between the “things, which are seen “ and the “things, which do not appear”. FAITH is the CONNECTION between the tangible and the intangible; between the physical world and the ecclesiastical world. Yes, the sons of God are made for exploits, but there is an imperative ingredient of productive propulsion: FAITH. To bring to fruition your fullest creative potential, you must be inseparably enmeshed with faith.
Faith is a SPIRITUAL CONVERTER, which enables you to step out to convert an idea into concrete tangible structures or perceptible things. Faith is the avenue of conveyance of the invisible to the visible.
In the realm of creative potential, the operative principle is not “seeing is believing”.
You have to believe first then your belief/faith would help the potential to come into being for men to see. This operational principle does not sit well with men who love the concreteness of prototypes rather the intangibility of faith. Men fall over themselves to believe after they have handled a prototype.
Jesus said to him, “….. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29
God did not see the world physically before He created it. But I am more than certain He had a mental picture. He ‘saw’ the earth, as it should be.
The question is, man of God, what do you ‘see’? Do you see into issues that the carnal mind cannot comprehend or do you see only trees, houses and cars? Perhaps beyond these ephemeral articles, you would be out of your seeing depth? What do you see really? Take a moment to ask yourself, what you see? What do you see?
For you to unleash your creative potential, you should ponder your surrounding, and, then, ask appropriate questions as you exercise your curiosity muscles. Think and analyse. Reflect other possible alternatives there could be. This is the exploding potential mindset, the creativity exploring mindset.
Most of the brethren, viewed through the prism of the creative mindset, would be seen to have the consumerist mindset in place of the contributors mentality. The best of consumers only ask questions concerning the model and the year of manufacture of any alluring product. When the product suits their fancy, and if they can afford it, they make a swift purchase.
Consumers do not question empirical ideas or principles or notions or concepts whether stale, staid, bogus or brilliant. They show up themselves to be plain thinking and would sooner gobble up everything that titillates with carnal pleasure. These people never spare a second for instructive inquiry. For them any analysis beyond comparison of pricing and status symbol index gives them severe headache and a massive complex. As Christians, we have the urgent need to rid ourselves completely of the consumerist spirit!
Pray this prayer for yourself right now:
"Father, I acknowledge You created me with an excellent and creative spirit; You made me a creator not a coveter; You made me a contributor not a consumer. Now I receive grace to accomplish the depth of creative potential dormant inside of me. Amen".
There are steps to build up faith for maximizing creative potential. As much as I do not like formulas, the following have helped establish a number of champions and could serve your requirements if you are careful to observe them until you develop spontaneity.
STEP ONE
Believe. Simply believe. Nothing else would work if you do not believe.
Jesus said to him, if you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. Mark 9:23 (NKJV)
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If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. I believe these are reassuring and weighty words spoken by the Master Christ Jesus.
Mary, a virgin of Israel, believed! Oh, yes, she did! By her profession of staunch faith, she chased off the demon of unbelief and established her lineage a recipient of unprecedented favor forever.
Whenever I reflect on the confession of this handmaiden of Israel, marvel swells inside me. Mary calmly accepted an improbable, by every standard, piece of confidence from a celestial messenger. By her act of believing Mary released faith for creativity and a virgin became pregnant with exclusion of the male factor! Not by artificial insemination. Not by in vitro fertilization. Not by cloning. Just by believing an angel’s implausible message!
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.
I believe, Lord. I believe!
Others have believed, too. Would you believe?
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.
You MUST believe!
STEP TWO
Stir up the unction within you! You do this with fervent prayer.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 1 John 2:21 (NKJV)
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Grasp the truth this verse expounds and go ahead to live with the resident strength of Christ! The energetic and enabling strength of Christ is powerful, productive, creative, versatile, and all-sufficient. THIS STRENGTH RESIDES INSIDE THE BELLY OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE and at the touch of prayer it flows out as RIVERS OF LIVING WATER.
STEP THREE
Think, pray and receive a creative idea by deep thinking and/or meditation. Determine consciously ahead of time to do so and then, take specific steps to pray for a divinely sourced idea. Daniel knew something that we ought to share. He knew God was-and is the “Keeper of all secret knowledge”.
Any knowledge of anything yet to be invented or created is with God!
Deep thinking is of the essence!
David Abioye in his book Productive Thinking: Utilising the Unlimited Resources of the Mind wrote, “How well you think determines the height you attain in life. Thinking is your covenant highway to self-realisation, because your best is reserved in your innermost being and it takes deep thinking to draw them out. Think deep, for the treasures of life are not found on the surface.
It is thinking that magnetizes, invites and embraces those hidden treasures that make you a star in life”.
A mammoth volume could be written about thinking!
It was in his prayer of thanksgiving that Daniel revealed the secret which we ought to assimilate and never lose sight of.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever…. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him. Daniel 2:20, 22
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STEP FOUR
Whenever we come against opposition or obstacles, it is easy to become discouraged and lethargic. Every failure in life is a former hopeful optimist who succumbed to despondency. Therefore, take a definite stand upon the word of life, it is faithful and true and trustworthy! Reaffirm the reason for your hope. Because God cannot lie; he is ever faithful to his word and his covenant. Psalms 89:34 is quite emphatic, ‘My covenant will I not, break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.’
Step out to achieve that precious creative idea of yours; step out to birth it, and behold it come alive. Of course, there would be dedicated opposition to your resolution. But remember:
For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Mark 11:23
Immediately you receive the idea, go ahead and demonstrate that you received a creative idea. Go ahead, ACT and do not permit anything stop you. Get righteously offended at the status quo, and get vocal! Say to this mountain of inertia: ‘Be thou removed!’ Say to this mountain of lack of resources: ‘Be thou removed! Be thou removed because I am on my way to MANIFEST!’
STEP FIVE
Give thanks, and then recharge!
Daniel gave thanks, and then the door of more insights was opened on to him.
Daniel ….said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: and he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness and the light dwelleth with him.
GRACE! GRACE! GREAT GRACE!
Grace is the ‘Reward’ of Faith! We need Grace!
When the unworthy becomes the elect: that is grace. When the impossible becomes the achievable: that is grace. When a man goes from obscure darkness to light: that is the work of grace! Please pardon the clichés, but for you to move from ‘grass to grace’, you must overflow with grace. And for you to transit from ‘rags to riches’, grace must fashion the wealth of your future. Grace makes you what God says you are!
The LORD will give grace and glory….
Psalm 84:11 (NKJV)
The man who would alter the course of world history could not begin to achieve anything until he had obtained grace.
But NOAH found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8 (NKJV)
Only after Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord did Noah go on to rewrite world history!
The Child Jesus was to rewrite history even further by His advent, revelation, crucifixion and resurrection, but He required grace from birth.
YOU NEED GRACE TO MANIFEST. The agenda of manifestation and the process of revelation of the saints of God on the stage of Creation would be an elaborate work of grace.
DO NOT STOP RECEIVING CREATIVE IDEAS. TUNE YOUR SPIRITUAL ANTENNA FOR THE FINEST KIND OF RECEPTION THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH DESTINED FOR MANIFESTATION!
You may wish to read Part one here: https://steemit.com/christian-trail/@praise-eu/release-of-creative-potential-part-one
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