“Human Creativity and Free Will (Essentials Blue ‘09)”
God has granted us free will. Our choice in creativity is attributed to our up bringing, environment, religious beliefs, experiences and even race. People may attribute their creativity entirely on chemicals and brain structure, but what about free will? Do we have an active part in our desires, deep yearning, and creativity? Does God give us creativity that is unchangeable? I believe that there exists a combination of both; A wonderful mysterious blending of God given gifts and talents as well as our choice to pursue certain pleasures and discoveries.
I have been playing guitar for about ten years now. My dad had a new nylon stringed classical guitar that I wanted to learn how to play after listening to various artists. I learned from a good friend of mine in high School that taught me basic chord structures and rhythm management. After a few years I felt the call of God to lead Worship. Was this Gods plan all along? Did he plant the seed for interest in playing or did I decide that myself and then did He have His plan wrap around my desires?
I discovered that I could sing decently in my second year of college being that I tried out for the catholic choir and made it. After that I wanted to combine my guitar playing with singing. Person said “wow you sing very well” and I thought “are you crazy?”. See, I had this gift for Singing that I never knew I had until it was unwrapped. I discovered I had a divine given gift to reproduce pitch and key very well.
I have known a woman who had four different vocal instructors a learned how to sing and she is incredible! Although she had a huge passion for singing she had to birth the gift through instruction. I on the other hand had no desire to sing at first until I realized that this was something God wanted me to do for his glory. So some our gifts are born out of divine inspiration and some out of our personal desire but all are gifts from Our Father in Heaven. (The Bible makes it clear that every good and perfect gift comes from the Father according to James 1:17).
The mystery lies in that although all godly inspiration and gifts come from the Lord, God finds a way for our own personal free will to run free and be in balance with His desires for our life. When I realized I could sing I fought it, but then discovered that I absolutely loved it! God is so unbelievable, that he grants us the desires of our hearts as we delight in Him as Out Father! Proverbs 37:4.
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