Value in Environment

In the beginning God created…. The power of the message of scripture is the power of story. The story bleeds with creativity, which pulls the reader into the vision of God. Humankind was birthed out of creativity. The crowning moment of the creative week was for God to create mankind in the likeness of His image, but before God could create His purpose He had to create the environment for the purpose to survive and thrive within. There has been a surge of discussion within the body of Christ to define the purpose that we have on this earth. Although I am encouraged by all of the discussion on defining our purpose, we must not approach our purpose with such raw tenacity that we trample and discredit the value that God placed upon the environment that was created on the journey to purpose. Mankind can’t survive outside of the proper environment. The human body requires oxygen to breathe, so therefore in the foreknowledge of God He had to create the air for man to breathe. Mankind can’t survive without water, so God created the ocean and streams to provide for the physical necessity of his purpose. Mankind could not survive without food that would supply sustenance to mankind, so out of this necessity God created the beautiful environment called the Garden of Eden, which would provide fruit and vegetables plentifully for the sustenance of mankind. When we understand the process of God, we begin to realize that God does not have a singular focus upon Purpose, but values the journey on the road to His purpose. The Purpose of God was to create Man, but it required the creative hand of God to form the environment for His purpose to not only survive but rather thrive.

Many churches are so focused upon their purpose, that they forget the value of the creative environment for the purpose (souls added to the kingdom) to thrive. God invested five complete days to prepare and create the environment for what would be birthed in one day, mankind! Although focusing on the purpose is valuable, we must not undervalue the creative capital that is required to allow our purpose to survive. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question, What if God graced us with attaining our purpose tomorrow, would the environment that we have right now not only sustain our vision, but allow our purpose to thrive?

Before a child is born into a family there is a natural inclination within an expectant mother called nesting. The nesting instinct is not the purpose of pregnancy, but it plays a vital role in the success of a child. The nesting instinct of the mother is to make sure that the environment of the home is in correct balance for the new baby to thrive. What should happen is that we, as the bride of Christ, should be allowing our ‘spiritual nesting’ instinct to be in full force as we strive to create the environment for where God is trying to take us. Until we realize that what we do today will create the environment for tomorrow, we will never understand why our purpose is never fulfilled. It could be that our purpose never materializes completely because we have not invested the proper time and creative capital to perfect the environment for our purpose to thrive. It is naïve to think that purpose is more important than environment seeing that purpose will not survive without proper environment.
Continue dreaming…….but do not neglect the creativity that God has placed within you to create the environment for your dream to become reality. JAB