What If God Told You This?
-An exclusive excerpt from Allen’s new book-
Imagine creating something with God that is beyond your wildest dreams. You can’t wait to show others. To launch it. To watch it accelerate as the world discovers it.
And then God whispers to you, That was just for the two of us. It’s not something to share. Go ahead and put it in the drawer rather than post it online.
Not that he would, but what if he did? If his intention for co-creating was simply to spend time together, would that be enough?
After all, it’s something you created with the Creator of the universe. He stirred the idea, and the two of you actively and intimately pursued it together. Through a hundred thousand words or brushstrokes or hours in the garage, you spent time bringing something new into existence with God.
That’s huge. But is it enough? Or does creating something with God that no one else will see feel like an immense amount of wasted time? If so, explore your deeper motive. Is it tied to validation, revenue, popularity, ego, or duty?
Free yourself from these competing motives and your creations from these expectations. The finished work may or may not be for others. It may or may not pay the bills or bring applause. When it does, that’s a bonus. But it’s never a promise.
Which brings us back to my original question.
If you and God made something magnificent together and he then said this particular creation was just for the two of you, would that be enough? It’s a good question that goes beyond what or how we create…to why we create.
(From The Creativity Glitch: How to Stop Being Stuck, Find Your Groove, & Create with God.Copyright © 2026 Allen Arnold.)
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