God’s DNA

God’s DNA

We hear a lot about DNA these days. Organizations will claim, “Making fine widgets is in our company’s DNA!” Criminals get arrested decades after they commit a crime because their DNA is found on a piece of evidence. People get their own DNA tested for a variety of reasons, from concern about potential health issues to curiosity about their ancestry.

Suffice to say there is a lot of DNA inside us. How much? If you unwound the six feet or so of DNA coiled in every one of our cells and laid it all end to end, it would stretch for about 46 billion miles. That’s 250 round trips to the sun!

As an adoptee who found his biological father late in life through a DNA test, I can attest to the fact that understanding your roots can help explain many things—not only physical but emotional too. Ultimately, we’re all a product of the information stored in our DNA, shaped to various degrees by our environment.

Last week, I met with Jason Myhre, Chief Communications Officer of Pahlisch Homes, in his office in Bend, OR. During our conversation, he said something that caught my attention, so I asked him to elaborate on the thought. Jason says:

We are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), which means we carry His DNA, the DNA of the ultimate Creator. Creativity isn’t just a skill; it’s a spiritual inheritance. When we deny ourselves the space to create, or work in environments that suppress it, we disconnect from something sacred and essential. Over time, I believe that disconnection can show up as anxiety, restlessness, even depression. But when we step into creativity, we don’t just heal, we align with the Spirit of God within us. We reflect His nature. We worship.

If I remember logical syllogism construction correctly, we could express it like this: Given the premises that God’s DNA is creative and God’s DNA is in us, we can conclude that our DNA is creative. Coursing through our veins is an iteration of the creative Spirit of God, which “hovered above the waters” (Gen 1:2) just waiting to create something magnificent. The creative DNA that turned five loaves of bread and two fish into a feast for 5.000 is there, too. And how about the most creative manifestation of all: God making a way for us to be reconciled to himself through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Romans 5:10).

Your very cells are telling you to create something in your own unique way. Your path to creativity might not be fashioning a beautiful custom home or a painting worthy of a museum, but each of us has been given a precious gift that needs to be expressed. 1 Peter 4:10 says, “”Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

What will you create today?

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