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CREATIVITY BY PASTOR MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO We were created by God to be creative. For us to understand this statement and to understand that God has literally wired creativity into our DNA, let’s imagine our planet from the days of Adam. When God created Adam and Eve and put them on this planet, there were no houses, no modes of transport, no electricity, nothing except a planet pregnant with possibilities. Fast forward to today and witness mankind’s many great achievements. Skyscrapers, scientific and technological advancements, 4 WINNING WAYS MAGAZINE | IGOC2019 WWMAG2019LAYOUT.indd 4 21/08/2019 15:21
uildings of amazing designs, and unusual architectural and engineering feats have been achieved. Creative capability runs in our veins. We all have it. It comes in different shapes, sizes and styles. Some people write, while others, sing, paint, cook, design, sew, carve, build and much more. We all have an irresistible, divinely inspired impulse to create, to fashion and to organise. WHAT IS CREATIVITY? Creativity is simply our ability to make something that did not exist before; it’s to do things in a new way. “bereshit barah Elohim” this is the opening statement of the book of Genesis in Hebrew and it means, “In the beginning, Elohim God created out of nothing.” The opening statement of the Bible gives an account of the creation. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing. This very statement totally contradicts every argument of evolutionary science. Evolutionary science argues that mankind evolved from a lower form to the other and that we are here because of the survival of the fittest. On the contrary, the scriptures make it known that everything God created was by fiat and was perfect at its time of arrival. The scriptures say that when God looked at His creation, it was the best and in its fullest form and therefore He said it was good. God’s process of creation started by Him speaking the universe into existence. His creative ability reveals His person to us: Romans 1:20 “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,” God’s creative skill and design is shown in the universe that surrounds us. Isaiah 45:18 - “For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.” We see design and purpose in everything He did. Some of His purposes may not be immediately obvious to mankind but everything has a purpose. MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD There is an absolute synchronisation in the process of God’s creativity. Nothing was made out of place. Even the human body is a wonder of God’s creativity and if we look beyond our bodies and into the world of nature we would be amazed at the capacity, creativity and variety of God’s work. The creative God left His signature in every corner of our universe and particularly on our planet. When God made man on the sixth day, He fashioned him by His own creative hands. Man was the finality of creation and he was came out of an agreement of the Trinity. Genesis 1:26 - “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish WINNING WAYS MAGAZINE | IGOC 2019 5 WWMAG2019LAYOUT.indd 5 21/08/2019 15:21
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