It's hard to be creative. We resist change more than we realize. The distance between what is and what will be is often greater than our minds and wills can handle. We resist the 'not yet' even when the 'what is' is less than satisfying.
People often don't change or embrace the new ideas that can make their way of life better. We are controlled by a spirit of fear that lies to us about the danger of embracing the new and unknown whether it be in relationships, technology or even work place opportunities.
Stress is often the best friend of innovation. We run out of money. We are forced out of a job. We are forced out of a relationship. And so when our physical, emotional or spiritual needs begin to scream louder than our fears....we are forced to innovate... to think 'outside the box' for a real life solution in the here and now of daily life
Innovators and creative people are actually quite rare and thus very valuable to our lives. Recently we have heard of how Steve Jobs the famous innovator of Apple corporation has had to step aside due to his illness. Stock markets wobbled as they questioned the future of a powerful industry giant minus his creative and innovative genius.
Most of us don't even come close to tapping the creative genius inside of each one of us. We are all created with potential to innovate and problem solve the issues that are so prevalent in our broken world. The gravest temptation is to simply copy others ideas and reproduce what others have done. What a great shame that when given the opportunity and freedom to 'think outside the box' we resort to becoming a 'box factory' of others ideas minus the creativity.
Faith meets a problem and leaps at the opportunity to discover a creative solution. Fear meets a problem and cowers in a corner of despair and hopelessness. Life's gravest problems and crisis are meant to spur us on towards our finest hours of accomplishment and satisfaction. Are you feeling stuck? Dissatisfied? Now would be a good time to walk outside the framework of what you currently know and become an innovator! With faith you can explore the realms of the not yet to make our world a better place. God already has the provision for the needs in our life we have yet to encounter. Your future problems, disappointments and frustrations are not designed to destroy you.... no, they are meant to draw you closer to a loving God who is waiting for you in the future he has prepared for you. See you there!
Jim
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