The Relationship between Creativity and Activity: Food for Your Soul

The Source of Your Power: When You Commit the Power is Released

“In other words, given the yielding of the nerve center and the active release of the Spirit of God in a man’s / woman’s life, a radical reorientation became possible. This was indeed assumed to be the essential meaning of the experience of commitment itself.” p. 25

Disciplines of the Spirit  by Howard Thurman

Zechariah 4:6

He said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Commitment. Yes, commitment.

To do a thing you have to commit yourself fully to that thing and embrace the possibility of success.

It isn’t the fear of failure that hold us back but rather what happens if I actually do this thing.

We then get caught up on how I am going to do this. Here is the good news you don’t have to do it.

All you have do is commit to the doing of that thing that God is calling you to do and then take the next faithful step.

When you yield to that which God is calling you to do God will give the power, the will and the way. We spend too much time trying to plan and figure out everything from start to finish.

All God calls you to do is to heed the call to start. After you start and begin on your way you will see what is next. The Spirit of God will act like a Holy Ghost GPS and guide you

As you do the work, the work will speak to you, guide you and show you the way.  

Yield to spirit. It is not by might, nor power, nor your great plan but rather it is by God’s spirit.

Commit to that thing! Commit to starting that project, that book, that new body of work, that trip, that documentary, that vlog, that blog! Commit to that thing that is calling you.

You have soul power and you will get it done if you will only start and yield to the power of the Spirit of God which lives inside of you.

Blessings,

Ralph Basui Watkins

What is the Key to Unlocking Your Creative Potential?

The Creative Door: Asking, Searching, Knocking

Let me start with a few questions:

What door are you knocking on? What are you searching for and who are you asking?

“The vast creative mood of existence is creative and not chaotic…Man (woman) co-operates with the Spirit of God by making him or herself open and available to it”

Howard Thurman Disciplines of the Spirit  p. 22

Matthew 7:7 Jesus said:

⁷ “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. NRSV

The Spirit of God is the key to unlocking your creative potential. To be in touch with God’s Spirit you must open yourself up to it. You do this by asking, searching, seeking and knocking?

I hear ya, how do I do that? You do that by creating that which you were created to create and be willing to follow the whims of your creative energies.

When a project idea comes into your head don’t reject it, don’t judge, don’t ask if others will understand it or you, just pursue it.

Start making that work that makes you.

Get in your studio and start creating. To create is an act of asking, seeking and knocking. See, the Spirit led you to this creative moment and the Spirit will guide you in the creative process if you open yourself up to the spirit.

To unlock your creative door requires a work ethic. Artist who produce the best work, actually put the work in. They find inspiration in doing the work. They find inspiration in creating bodies of work that open doors their creative possibilities. They work hard and consistently, they are always in the studio, always making work, putting the hours in!

The spirit will lead you to the door but you have to knock, seek and ask and the  Spirit will answer you in the work you do in creating. What door are you knocking on? 

Blessings,

Ralph Basui Watkins