Creativity

So, we all know that Satan is the accuser of the brethren. And we also know Jesus is the great intercessor making intercession for the saints day and night. That's great to know in and of itself, but why? Why these roles? What is moving in the heart of God as He intercedes for us?
I think it has to do with creativity. What do I mean? I once heard a sermon from Jason Upton where he quoted Kent Henry. He said, "The greatest killer of creativity is the voice of judgment." I believe this is a true statment. Seriously, when someone gives the beginning guitar player or painter or whatever the eye of disapproval the person is often overcome with a sense of failure causing them to shrink back from that which they once were so excited to pursue.
The same is true in our pursuit of intimacy with the Lord. We experience the initial exhileration of this new found dimension of the divine interaction with humanity. Yet when the voice of judgment is heard concerning our lack of unworthiness of such a lover, we shrink back into our religious duty abandoning that which God desired from the beginning: intimacy and communion with broken human beings. This voice of judgment does not come from God (He brings conviction unto greater intimacy). This voice of judgment that drives us to shame comes from Satan who, as I said before, is the accuser of the brethren.
Doesn't he have better things to do than stand in the presence of almighty God and accuse the people on the earth? Well, acctually I would suggest to you that his role as the accuser has nearly nothing to do with humanity but with God. Every accusation he poses before the throne of God is acctually and accusation against God Himself. Satan declares our unworthiness in order to declare God's impotence as a leader. (A false notion and the deepest deception that began the downward spiral into darkness and the presence of Sin) Unfortunately or fortunately, we are privy to the same accusations Satan brings before the throne of God.
He brings his accusations against us and in our natural reaction to the voice of judgment, we shrink away from God because we know the accusations are true. We know that there is nothing we can do to deny the reality of our sin. However, we have an advocate.
Jesus, in His earthly ministry, silenced so many accusers with a single phrase. He did it with the adulterous woman, "Let the one who has no sin cast the first stone." He did it yet again with the harlot who poured over Him an alabaster flask of oil, "Those who have been forgiven much, they shall love much." He did it again with the accuser of the brethren when on the cross He cried out, "It is finished!" The price was paid and the power of the voice of judgment was silenced forever. Those glorious words ring out today as Satan accuses us day and night, causing him to shut his mouth in the shame of ultimate defeat.
What was God's goal in this great act of meekness, humility, and love? It was exactly that to silence the voice of judgment. For if creativity is killed with the presence of judgment, then the absence of the voice of judgment allows creativity to bloom in its fullness. Likewise, if forgiveness is the wiping away of the grounds of accusation, and those who have been forgiven much shall love much then we can safely conclude that when the voice of accusation is silenced, then the human heart is made able to blossom in creative love.
What is creative love? Creative love is the spontaneous movement of the human heart towards the heart of God. It is the believer who is longing and seeking greater communion and looking for every opportunity to express that longing for greater intimacy with the Holy. Thus, by His act on the cross, Jesus broke the back not only of sin but of the accuser of the brethren for one sole reason, to free our hearts to spontaneously respond to the divine bekonings of love to Him. He, by silencing the accuser, frees us to be the creative lovers of God we were designed to be. This is a piece of the glory of the cross.

Amen.