If you're fighting a battle for your peace, you're fighting a good fight.

I've become more and more aware that my greatest daily challenge is not achieving my dreams, or making a tremendous income.

It's experiencing daily peace and joy without being overwhelmed by my circumstances.

​Isaiah 26:3 provides the key to achieving this kind of peace. ​

The question is this: do we, as creatively oriented believers, struggle more than others to keep our minds focused on the Father?

I'm not sure that's true, but I do believe we deal with different distractions.

You may find yourself constantly thinking of what you need to do to finish your current project. The next idea that you should be working on. Or the problems that prevented your last idea from working out.

Desires, distractions and doubts swirl together in your mind like a hurricane of hustle.

I've been there, and I've felt the tension as I've wondered - is this the way I'm supposed to feel all the time?

Let's be clear - your creativity is not the problem.

You were designed to have a powerful and consistently active imagination.

The issue is whether you are willing to surrender the process and results to Him.

The enemy would like nothing better than for you to become consumed with your own abilities, potential rewards, and everything else that is ultimately out of your control. He desperately wants to distract you and turn your God-given desires into something you'd destroy yourself trying to obtain.

Perfect peace, on the other hand, is granted to the person who, at any moment, is willing to lay it all down, and say "God, my goals and dreams pale in comparison to Your Presence."

I pray today that you'll pursue God's perfect peace.

Don't let your worries or circumstances distract you from what you already have in Christ.

That understanding can make your creative lifestyle so much more of a blessing instead than a burden.

If you'd like to hear more about managing your thought-life as a creative, let me know. I'm working on new YouVersion Bible plans and would love your feedback.

Help Me Prepare Our Next Bible Plan!

I'm excited to announce exclusively to our God and Gigs family that we're nearly done with our next Bible plan - a completely new edition of my most popular devotional, Your Art, God's Heart.

I've worked to take the 21 lessons in our original edition and make them relevant to the issues we now face as creatives. And I'm more and more determined to make sure you are equipped with Truth as you pursue God's calling on your life - no matter what that looks like.

To help me finish the draft and submit to YouVersion for final approval, however, I need your opinion - which will only take a few seconds and a click.

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