Creativity and Business

Surrendered Business

"Create." This is the label on the button that I just pushed in Google Docs to open up a blank page to write this article.

God is a creator. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Later in the story with the setting of the landscape of the earth with all of its plants and animals, God says, “Let Us make man in our image.”

What parts of God’s image do we bear? There are many, but one of the most obvious is creativity.

Creativity expresses itself in so many ways. Immediately I think of the arts. My son is a musician. Whether he is playing French Horn in an orchestra or jamming on a guitar, he is displaying the creative nature God put in him.

Likewise, my oldest daughter is preparing for an art show next week as she finishes her degree to become an art teacher. In the years to come, she will be a catalyst to draw out the creative nature of the students in her classes.

Creativity seems obvious for those in the arts. What about those of us who live in the world of commerce?

There are many ways we display the creative nature of God.

We create businesses. The process of transforming the dream of a new business into an actual enterprise requires tremendous amounts of creativity.

• We create products and services.
• We create processes to sell and deliver those products.
• We create promotion plans to brand and market our business.
• We create solutions to issues that arise.
• We create partnerships with suppliers, vendors, and financing companies.
• In the process of all of this, we create jobs.
• Then, we create training for the employees.

All of this creates profit, some of which can be generously given to people and organizations who are creating change in the world.

Business is an incredibly creative endeavor. In fact, few things require more creativity than starting and running a business.

Who is the source of this creativity? God. He set creation in motion. His nature is creativity. We get to participate.

As we go about starting businesses, launching new products, expanding into new areas, and hiring new people, we function in the creativity of our God. Like God says at the end of each day of creation, we can look back at things we have created and say, “It is good.”

Need more creativity? Recognize that creativity is part of your nature. It comes from God who is an ever-present help. He loves the creative side of you and how it expresses itself in business as you reflect His image..

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