Influence

Should our creativity reflect or be in influenced by society. Surely as prophetic people we should be relevant to what is happening around us. It is for every generation to find out which way the wind of God’s Sprit is blowing and how fast His heart is beating and move with that pace.
However we are called to stand against the flow. Against the mainstream. But surely the Spirit of God is in tune with the needs of society. Of course but it meets that need in a way that defies our understanding. The greatest need of man is to be reconciled to the one who made Him so knows exactly how to repair him. And further more Knows exactly how to speak and appeal to him.  This might be where creativity comes in.

How can we reach a generation that is so lost. What language do they respond to. There is nothing more powerful than a meaningful expression of creativity.

But what is our motivation. Creativity can be a very self indulgent thing. People through history are often influenced by anger and rebellion in their desire to be different. There is none of this in the Spirit of God just LOVE. LOVE FOR OTHERS AND LOVE FOR GOD.

We are born with a strong sense of social justice, but it must be tempered. We need to have the right foundations.

We can look back at many periods of history and see what social reformers have done. One example is at the turn of the last century where we can see that individuals pioneered new ideas and expressions which continue to influence society.

So should we, as a church, be producing creative expressions that are relevant to what needs there are around us. Creative expressions can be a very powerful way of speaking to someone in a deeper way.  We don’t always recognise that what is weird to one person might be just what someone else needs to hear and see.

Daniel Chuter