The Work of an Artist

The fall semester is well underway for those of you who are students in art so I want to send a message of encouragment to you who in the schools of art or even just doing art as a full time career or hobby. I began this group because of the work of an artist. It is not what the world would define our work as.

Whether you use a paint brush, a pencil or the pick of a guitar, the work of the artist is that of submission to The Creator. It is only in the hands of the Master Artist when the work of our human hands can have eternal significance.I want to let you know that wherever you are, you are in a place of influence. God has given you an incredible gift of prophecy--to see as He sees. When we allow God to use us to create His master pieces, they can influence more people than we know in specific way. I was encouraged when I read a testimony of such influence (check out this website.... http://www.ibethel.org/features/testimonies/index.php?f=testimonies.php&d=343)

This semester at Arizona State University we have decided to use our authority in the art college again to prayerwalk and specifically pray for the faculty and students that need to encounter their Savior. I am expecting God to move as we come together as two or more gathered to call on His name. Keep praying for your fellow classmates, faculty, family and friends this semester. I believe that God is going to use us for such a time as this!

There is an urgency of the hour and I suspect that God will use His artists in new creative ways. Don't be afraid of looking foolish...it is the foolish things that God uses to confound the wise! Art may seem like a foolish work to others in this success-oriented culture...but to God it is sacred. The devil is not creative. He is countered by it.

Take up your arrows this year! "Just as the darkness of the Middle Ages was overcome by the brilliant light of reformation and Renaissance, so too the dark perversions of the arts in this age will be overcome by the bright shing of God's arrow artists. He is launching you into spheres of heavenly creativity and lightning. From the place of intimacy, those who have been in His hidden quiver are about to fly. And the world will see His beauty again."