Use Your Creativity to Change the Culture

If you want to make a powerful and lasting impact on the culture, you’ve got to do more than just consume it, critique it, condemn it, or copy it. Here’s how you can use your creativity to change the culture:
Don’t separate your faith from the rest of your life. Integrate your faith fully into your lifestyle by following God’s guidance in every part of your life. Remember that your faith isn’t just about what you do at any given time or place; it shapes who you are and who you’re becoming as a whole person. As you interact with the culture, your faith should naturally influence all of your decisions.
Tap into the Gospel’s power to transform culture. The Gospel’s power can’t be contained in any particular culture; it reaches into every culture and changes it by changing the lives of the people within. So make a daily habit of inviting God to work through your life to change the culture.
Notice where God is already at work, and join Him there. Ask yourself where the impossible is becoming possible, and realise that God is at work there. Consider how you can join God’s work. Think about specific ways in which you can empower people by helping to meet their spiritual and physical needs.
Stay closely connected to God through spiritual disciplines. Make sure you’re practicing spiritual disciplines such as prayer and Bible reading, meditation, and study on a regular basis to maintain the close relationship with God that you need to rely on His power daily.

Adapted from Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, copyright 2008 by Andy Crouch.