God’s love letter to the artist.

If you really want to ruffle my feathers, aim for ‘good enough’…find every shortcut you can take in communicating the gospel, find the cheapest route, wait until the last minute, and as for design ‘just get it done’.

God deserves better than that. More than that, God desires better than that.

John Acuff has a great response to this. He thinks we’ve missed God’s love letter to the artist.

At the heart of it, the reason the church is not known as being a global leader in creativity and excellence is pretty simple. We missed God’s love letter to artists.

He’s talking about this verse:

“and I have filled him (Bezalel) with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts- to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship.”

Do I have your attention? Go check out the full post at Stuff Christians Like. But please, don’t just read it and nod your head…spread the word and embrace the position God has placed the artist in His church.

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  • Good post. I was an art director at one and a photographer at another of two large TV ministries in the 70's and 80's and what a huge difference between them. One wanted the absolute best work you could produce...thank God I worked there first and got their work ethic. The other wanted to dumb everything down and would say something was "too slick" if it looked nicely done.

    They had a term called "piously shoddy" to describe the look they wanted. They felt they had to appear that they did not want to spend a lot of money on producing their magazine, fund raising materials, etc. because no one would give if it appeared they had money to spend on anything of quality. Bunch of losers they were, their spirituality was about of the same quality as the work they strove to produce.

    I may have not been the most talented at the profession God chose for me but He always instilled in me to do the very best with the resources provided.
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