Purpose Study Bible 328: Your Creativity Matters

Esther and Mordecai had successfully interceded for their people and the Jews were not only spared but were given authority to defend themselves and destroy their enemies. At the end of the book, we read,

 King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews (Esther 10:1-3).

This story is preserved because someone took the time to write it down and preserve it for future generations. Yes, it became part of the inspired Word of God, but the fact remains that someone had to write it (a creative act), structure the story (a creative act), decide what details to include or not (a creative act), and chronicled all the other creative acts of Esther and Mordecai. There's an important lesson here.

You also have a story—a His-story—of what He has done in your life and the lives of your family. Are you sharing that story? Are you using your creativity to broadcast the goodness of God as you have experienced it? That may be in writing or other art forms, or it may simply be expressing the gifts that make you the person God intended you to be. Your life is the unfolding testimony of your creative acts that accumulate to share God's goodness as it has been expressed to you and yours.