“For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.”
— Proverbs 2:6–7 (NKJV)
We need to understand something:
There’s a difference between trusting people and entrusting our lives to them.
We can ask God to help us discern the situation with wisdom without becoming suspicious of people.
Then, what we can pray from the Spirit and not from a wounded soul.
A prayer from a wounded soul sounds something like:
“Lord, get them, because they suck.”
A prayer from a surrendered heart sounds more like:
“Lord, help them understand Your will for their lives.”
And if we take it even deeper, we can go so far as to intercede in prayer for the very people who seem to be against us. Especially, those who aren’t in relationship with Jesus as their Saviour.
God gives us a simple way to look at prayer here. Why? Because I believe He knows it’s easy for us to get our emotions involved, and we need the power of the Spirit to keep our flesh from ruling and reigning our lives.
“Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”— Romans 8:26–28 (NASB)
As creatives, we often have a difficult time fitting into the puzzle pieces of different communities—including the Church.
We can say:
“I’m not really understood at all, and this really sucks. Why in the world am I here?”
Or:
“They don’t know what to do with me, so I’m leaving.”
Or maybe:
“I’m just in the wrong room to be understood.”
But what if instead we said:
“People may not fully see me, but I can still gain understanding of God’s direction for my life here.”
Honestly, I would rather just feel accepted in the first place. But God has purpose for us everywhere He leads us.
This changes the narrative.
The devil wants us to question our worth and value. He wants us to leave quickly. But wisdom says to listen and obey the voice of God—not people, and not our emotions.
When our emotions are under restraint, our words will be too.
“When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who restrains his lips is wise.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of understanding.”— Proverbs 10:19–21 (NASB)
God is deeply interested in our character being formed so that we become more like Him in every situation.
And finally, even in the middle of a chaotic world—or an environment where we feel misunderstood—God can still use our creative gifts.
We can still write poetry.
Still sing songs.
Still paint still lifes while everything around us feels chaotic.
We always have a choice.
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