Awaken the Artists

                               

I am a follower of Christ. 

I am a Creative. 

 

I have struggled to find my place…. 

 

Drowning in a world of information that’s void of any direction, I’m informed and more confused than ever. The world of knowledge at my fingertips, yet there is rarely any center: Right and Left are at war with each other, and I am trapped in the middle. I’m fledgling to find boundaries while knowing the answer is not confined to these straight lines; the answer is not natural, it is Supernatural, Divine. 

 

I am a Christ follower. 

I am a creative, struggling to find my place… 

 

We are a world of systems and procedures, looking to the past at what worked and what didn’t. Questions are often discouraged, and Divergence from commonality is viewed as a threat to the fabric of society. We are expected to be linear, to fit in, to conform, to adapt, to please… to pacify. 

 

Trapped between belief and perception. Trapped between adaptability and predictability. I can plan for nothing, yet I am expected to plan for all things. This is a losing battle, the battle of information…. The answer is neither retreat or engage in battle. Perhaps the answer is to create. 

I am a Creative, and He has called for such a time as this. 

 

I lean in to creativity in this season, because its mystery is a welcome distraction in a world which repeats only polarizing narratives which are tired and worn out.  Could it be the answer to all the chaos is anything but conventional? Could it be the answer is hidden behind lock & key, waiting to be unleashed by some wild soul? Perhaps the answer is not in unveiling, but in inventing. Create the new over recycling the old.

 

I am a Creative: Mandated not to conform, but to transform. 

 

 I am not frightened to know the history: Artists & Creatives have never been met with open arms. After all, Divergence is threatening to a finished product. Creativity often gives birth to Art, and art is frightening to most. It is a mirror in to the soul, often making us uncomfortable as it exposes the depths of us; beautiful and terrible alike. It shows the human condition, the need for a Savior, and when the art is redeemed, it can inspire us to a place of repentance. Redeemed art gives sight and voice to that which has remained hidden or has been cloudy. 

 

The old systems are dead. 

 

2020 was mot the murderer, it simply was the coroner which showed us the failings of the broken system in which we have existed for far too long: Content, apathetic, dying. It is not time to recycle, but time to search the soul and ask God to do a new thing. It is time for the Artists to hear from God and create that which speaks louder than words alone. It is time for the wild souls to find their place in the Kingdom, taking territory by the creation of Heaven on Earth. It is time for the Church to redeem the entertainment industry, taking back our rightful place as creatives, inventors, writers, dancers, painters, musicians, and directors. It is time to produce and create Supernatural art which promotes the propaganda of Heaven rather than earth. 

                                         

 

Christians, we should be the most innovative people on the planet. Stop looking to create “Christian Art,” and simply hear from Heaven. In everything you do, do it unto Christ. Do with passion, never lacking zeal. Do it with conviction. 

 

Creatives, Artists: We were called for THIS TIME. Let’s create like our lives and the lives of our children, and their children depend on it. 

 

Wake up, Artists, and begin to hear from Heaven. 

 

-RS