In today’s society, it’s almost impossible not to come across a professional who excels at something and whose skill inspires us in some way. However, as long as we’re fascinated by this person and our inner voice tells us, “I want to be able to do that too”, we simply become imitators. After all, it might just be the case that we don’t have exactly the same talent as that person? I’d like to challenge you to do things in a different, creative way. You’re an original, not a copy of someone else. If you want to take it a step further and prove your discipline, why not set a Guinness World Record? 😉

When it comes to worship, setting a world record is probably a bit more difficult… but even there you can be incredibly creative and develop your own style. Especially when you’re writing songs. Other people can be a great source of inspiration, but true creativity comes from God himself. Just how creative must God have been to create this world and us (sometimes very complicated) humans, let alone the entire universe (Genesis 1)!? When we are connected to God and He lives within us (we have a relationship with Him), then we have access to true creativity and can stop copying others. However, to have more creativity in songwriting, it takes not only a living relationship with the source of creativity, but also practice.

True, fresh creativity comes from the source of all creativity.