The lure of significance and influence on the internet and in life often turns us into copiers rather than creators. We see something that others are latching onto en masse and rather than do the difficult work of creating something that might connect with people, we choose to copy what has already been done, tweak it, and then package it as our own.
Copying is often said to be the highest form of flattery possible, but I think it goes a step beyond this.
Copying maligns the Creator God who has created us in His image with His creative imprint. The same power that raised Christ from the grave lives in each of us. The same power that helped speak the universe into existence through the artistic hand of the Creator, lives in us.
Copying is an unwillingness to do the work.
Copying ruins our confidence in God to work through us.
Copying is a mask to hide behind that will eventually become exposed.
Creation is rarely, if ever, easy. But creation says to us over and over again that God can continually speak into the expanse of our empty world.
We see it every spring when the flowers bloom, the green shoots begin to pop out from the ground, the leaves slowly grow on the trees—it’s the reminder that God is continually creating and recreating previously dead things.
Creation says to those around us, God isn’t yet done with this world. He’s still here. He’s still at work.
Creating allows us to build the confidence that God can work through us.
Stop copying and subsequently maligning our Creator.
