In ancient times when kings went out to war and won, they returned with the bounty captured from the enemy resplendent with glory. Creativity is like this. When creativity sets out and achieves its true purpose of healing in the world, then this is to the glory of creator.

The fear and the shame that previously overshadowed the inhabitants of the king and the king’s people is now gone, transformed in the light of the king’s return in glory. Picture the sun that rises in the morning, initially filling the horizon with its brilliant hues and then ultimately running its course into the fullness of day—a symbol of the victorious warrior’s return to glory. Perhaps it is time now for a return to glory.

The return-to-glory kind of creativity comes with opening up ourselves to the way of creativity that sets out to bring healing and restoration in the world for the glory of others. Such creativity is often countercultural and counterintuitive to the ways of creativity in the world that prioritize self glorification often at the cost of others. 

Consider, 

In what ways does our creativity help others to lift up their heads and open their hearts and minds, from shame to the light of the king’s return to glory?

To genuinely do good in the world and to sustain such effort is often a battle. But it’s not one that we need to fight alone, especially when we realize that we share in the king’s glory, which is far more glorious than what we are able to achieve on our own. Let’s take a moment to let that sink in.

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