“One of the wonders of uncertainty is that it is the environment in which God invites us to be creative.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus from his book, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment (Kindle Location 787). Kindle Edition.

Now in our times of uncertainty we as Christians cry out to God to do something and the key is He already has.  He has given each one of us a mind and within that mind He has given us the ability to creatively come up with an idea or a new thought or new paradigm for the situation.   

Now for the most part we don’t want to work that hard, we want the situation to resolve and everything to work out the way we want it to but sometimes God wants us to step outside the box of our usual solutions and come up with something new.  I know that is hard but it can be so rewarding.

But you say, “I’m not creative,” and I say, “How do you know?  Have you ever tried?”   Now the key is you stop and just freely think.  Write down each thought that comes into your mind and then follow it until it hits a dead end or until something starts to spark.

In those situations I sit with a yellow pad or now my yellow note pad on my iPhone and I write down 10 different options no matter how wild they are and then go from there.  The key is on some of them to go outside of the box.  Don’t be reasonable but creative, and then see what happens. 

The problem is too many times we do the same thing over and over and expect different results and then we have uncertainty because it didn’t work again.  Go to God and then do something different.  Maybe He will bless it.

So what are you going to try this time?