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center>FAITH IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SEEN AND UNSEEN.
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:
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.
• Believe.
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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)
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!