The Universe is the stage on which you dance, guided by your heart.

No longer is art limited to painters and musicians. Each of us in an artist, endowed by our Creator with skills and talents that can make our world a more beautiful place. Every good mom is an artist, molding her children as a creation of God. Every teacher makes a mark on the young people in his or her classroom. Every ethical businessperson leaves a legacy of people seeing God through his or her careful and honest work.

The artist’s mandate five essential components of life-artistry:
Get great at something

Do something with that talent

Invest yourself in things that will last and that others will benefit from

Work for an audience of one, because sometimes our best work is seen only by God

Finish what you start


If everyone is an artist then life itself is a grand work of art.

What are you creating?

We all long to be great at something because God who created us is an artist, and we are created in his image. The problem is many of us are trying to get great at the wrong things – and some of us are trying to get great at everything. We battle to become great at so many things that it seems like we focus on things in which we are not proficient to the exclusion of that one thing that is really our gift. We will have the opportunity to be good at many things in our lives, and most of the time “good enough” really is good enough. But in a few areas of our lives, God really does equip and call us to be great.

A little reflection:

Every day we have the opportunity to apply this principle. We have the opportunity to get great at something and to narrow the focus of our effort in every decision that we make.

What are a few things that you do well?

Which of those do you feel has the most influence on others?

Which of those do you have to manufacture energy to accomplish?

How can you narrow the focus of your life to the one with the most influence?

What would it take to be great at that one thing?