THE THEOLOGY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
THE CREATIVITY OF
GOD
EPHESIANS 2:10
FOR WE ARE HIS
WORKMANSHIP,
CREATED IN
CHRIST JESUS
FOR GOOD
WORKS, WHICH
GOD PREPARED
BEFOREHAND,
THAT WE SHOULD
WALK IN THEM.
EXODUS 35:30-34
SEE, THE LORD HAS CALLED
BY NAME BEZALEL THE SON OF
URI, SON OF HUR, OF THE
TRIBE OF JUDAH; AND HE HAS
FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT
OF GOD, WITH SKILL, WITH
INTELLIGENCE, WITH
KNOWLEDGE, AND WITH ALL
CRAFTSMANSHIP, TO DEVISE
ARTISTIC DESIGNS, TO WORK
IN GOLD AND SILVER AND
BRONZE, IN CUTTING STONES
FOR SETTING, AND IN
CARVING WOOD, FOR WORK IN
EVERY SKILLED CRAFT. AND
HE HAS INSPIRED HIM TO
TEACH, BOTH HIM AND
OHOLIAB THE SON OF
AHISAMACH OF THE TRIBE OF
DAN
h
IF GOD IS THE ONLY
CREATIVE BEING IN THE
UNIVERSE, HOW DOES
THAT AFFECT OUR VIEW
OF CREATIVITY AND
BEING MADE IN HIS
IMAGE?
WITHOUT CREATIVITY THE CHURCH
CANNOT PENETRATE THE
COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
BURDEN COUPLED WITH VISION AND
CREATIVITY HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO MANY
GREAT MOVEMENTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
COULD ONE COMPONENT OF
CHRIST-LIKENESS BE
CREATIVITY?
I KNOW I’M
SUPPOSED TO
HATE HUMANS,
BUT THERE’S
SOMETHING
ABOUT THEM.
THEY DON’T JUST
SURVIVE. THEY
DISCOVER; THEY
CREATE! I MEAN,
JUST LOOK AT
WHAT THEY DO
WITH FOOD!
WHY CREATIVITY
God creates us with creativity to reveal His
glory as stewards of His rule.
We use our creativity to extend His rule in
His world.
Our creative acts done to extend God’s rule
usher joy into the world for our neighbor.
Our creativity expresses our love for
neighbor and brings glory to God as our
neighbor enters the kingdom.
God’s glory is revealed and extended, and,
at the same time, our joy is made complete.
NURTURING
CREATIVITY
1. Deal directly with fear. 2 Tim.
1:7
2. Learn to use your eyes
differently. Matt. 6:22, 9:36
3. Let serving be your main
motivation and not profit.
4. Avoid the tyranny of
comparison.
5. Dare to dream.