Are you in the middle of a self discovery journey? Would you like to begin to know more about your destiny in your life and in God’s Kingdom?
Do you know that art can not only help you find yourself, but show you what you most love and desire. It can also show you where to begin to birthing your destiny.
I remember asking God one day to please help me be able to finally walk into my calling. I did not get the answer I expected…or honestly even wanted.
He told me to start painting.
Takings Risks
You must know that before this point, I had only painted once in my life. I was so embarrassed at the outcome that I never painted ever again. So, when I say I was not excited about doing this it’s an understatement.
I did not consider myself a artist but I decided to be brave and try. I figured that there was a reason art class was part of the school curriculum and why it’s considered to be so important in our development years. I figured it was probably because there is no better way to teach a student to be all they can be and discover their purpose.
What Does Painting Have To Do With Your Destiny?
Art is something that can be both inviting and intimidating. Very much like risks and adventures. On one hand, the word risk is intimidating and on the other, adventure is inviting and exciting. However, they are both the same thing, just with a different approach. What differentiates the experience you have with art is your faith. Let’s define faith as “your approach”.
Yes, faith is part of this equation. If you have faith and believe in anything in your life, then you carry the potential to create inside you. That means your approach (faith) is a part of what you CAN do. Fear can also be an approach in which you create the situations that say confirm CANNOT do something.
Faith is what “creates” confidence in what you’re doing or thinking. So if you feel you’re having a hard time with your purpose you can quicken the process by taking risks, like painting or any kind of artistic expression, that both invites you and challenges you. For example, the artistic expressions of dancing, drawing and even fixing things. The point is to do something that you have only imagined but never really tried. Taking that step will quickly grow confidence in yourself.
In summary, risk taking and faith birth creativity, which then leads to confidence, which then brings forth your purpose.
Your purpose will inspire others around you which will result in stepping into your destiny. That easy!
Where Your Destiny Unfolds
When we are discovering ourselves the first step is to heal from what is holding us back. It can be our past, trauma, or wounds. Then, when you start feeling more whole you are strong enough to play in your new found freedom. Some of us, have to learn to play again because the blank canvas of our new freedom can make us cringe in fear of doing something they’ve never done. Thoughts like; “What if I don’t do it right?, “This may be my only chance”, or “Maybe I’m no good all together?”
Maybe some of the previous thought examples resonated with you. Maybe it’s time to grab that brush in your life and dip your brush in knowing that the ‘Master of Art’ is telling you that you CAN do it. You don’t have to even want to. Faith can be as small as “Ok, Teacher if you think so, I’ll try.” Trust is letting go of it all and giving up control – even letting go of insecurities. Once you put that paint brush to the canvas you can make the mess you were so afraid of making. It might even be fun! Just like when you were a child, scrapping your elbows and knees meant you played NOT that you failed.
The Child In You Knows The Way
Move. Paint. Jump. Dance. The Teacher of teachers is there to guide and protect you. You can just be a child and focus on learning more about yourself. Worry and doubt steal so much time and energy, but being childlike is not having a care in the world in the world. Now go, whatever that may mean for you, and start playing and leave the outcome to Him. This is how you will accelerate your destiny.
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