Weekend Worship—Whatever You Do in Word

by Allison Gentry

Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...’ Genesis 1:26a (NASB)

As a writer, I love the fact God chose to write a Book to communicate all truth to us. Better yet, He chose to write a series of sixty-six books that together constitute the Bible. He is literally the bestselling author of all time!

When you and I write, we’re doing more than dabbling in a hobby or paying the bills—we’re imitating God’s likeness. Nothing else in all creation can communicate through the written word. Only mankind was fashioned after God’s image and given such distinctive, exceptional qualities. Painting, music and even a good work of fiction can only be accomplished and appreciated by mankind.

Whether you’re currently penning a fluffy magazine article on makeup or a doctrinal heavyweight on angelology, you’re exercising the skills inherited from your Father. What is more, you’re exercising the gifts of talent God bestows on only a few of His children. You and I are very special to Him and so is everything we write. 

Let’s not continue to go about our day-to-day writing forgetting the marvel of what we’re accomplishing and the splendor of what we’re creating. Instead let’s strive with every word we write, contract we sign, and conference we attend to bring glory to God, being thankful that it is by His majestic Hand we are able and gifted to do so.

Colossians 3:17 reads, "Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” (NASB) 

Allison Gentry is a born and raised southern belle and daughter of a Baptist pastor. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University and later attended graduate classes at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Her growing blog, A Lady’s Guide to the Christian Life, is a charter member of the Bible Gateway Blogger Grid. Through short, understandable posts and printable resources Allison guides her readers on an excursion into the Bible, digging out practical application and hope for the Christian life. Connect with Allison on Facebook and Twitter.