Creativity: A Leap of Faith

Wind whips Miles Morales’s hood as he stands upon the edge. Noisy traffic lights blink far below around the skyscraper’s foot. Nervous as he is, Miles knows what he must do, and there’d be no preparing for it. No safety net. No guarantee his burgeoning powers or webbing equipment will work. A failed attempt means death. Still, he dons his first Spiderman-mask. He inches himself over the skyscraper’s edge,…lingers awhile on the highest window,…then leaps. The upside-down world zooms large in view.

Into the Spider-Verse embodied the same gaping precipice I hesitate over every time I re-enter the writing world. It’s been months—almost half a year—since I left my book and this website to resettle my transformed life. The Lord recently joined my heart to my husband’s. He’s established me in a wonderful new home, yet while I’m still hurtling through this new experience, my Lord kept prodding my senses. It was time to return to writing and website work again.

I confess, however. Part of me shrank from the edge. I kept thinking, ‘I’m so rusty. I’m too out of practice. Whatever I come out with will be mediocre at best.’ I almost convinced myself to postpone FlyingFaith’s reactivation longer. Praise God, though. He didn’t let me. Nudges to take the plunge kept coming from all sides: my friends, my followers, my husband. The expectation and confidence I didn’t have God apparently put in them to pour back into me. ‘But why?’ I wondered. I felt so unready. Then God’s Word reminded me, ‘Is any person ever truly ready?’

Creating is actually one the biggest commonplace gambles anyone can make. Charts and focus groups try to quantify what’s successful. We constantly predict popularity as if it’s remotely predictable and believe a scientific way to guarantee the perfect brainstorm exists. However, the hard Biblical truth is we can’t control our creativity anymore than the weather—much less predict it. We really control nothing. You followed a recipe, then the oven konks out. You’re going to a party. Then your child catches the flu. Small ‘unexpected-s’ upset best laid plans all the time. Puts a whole new perspective on living by faith, doesn’t it? Because (if you think about it) it’s literally impossible for anyone to live without faith, regardless of personal belief. We’re always assuming consistency from the schedules we keep to the breaths we breathe. However, living with this subconscious daily faith only makes sense if the Biblical God truly is real, and life only reaches it’s highest fulfillment once that fact is fully accepted: our creativity, just like our days, are out of our hands and in His.

We see this demonstrated all over Scripture. Each servant He called were never ready by their own accord. Moses stuttered. Elijah doubted. Esther feared. They hesitated every time God brought them to the edge. He does the same with His saved people today. No safety net. No earthly certainty. Still, in trusting faith, they jumped just as we’re called to jump solely on the knowledge that our Savior is good. Unsure of the next step to take? Hungry to return to your God-given craft yet uncertain what’ll result? Perfect. Hold tight to His guiding Word. Trust not only that Christ saved you but delights in you. Then leap. The chasm may be deep. You won’t know what’ll happen next, but one thing is certain. He is good. Let His power alone succeed in you. Then watch what you feared would crash fly; just as He designed it to.

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