Is art a spiritual gift?
Beauty in worship (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Such questions are important because it is easy for us to lose sight of the extent to which God prizes beauty. Our Creator made the world with beauty in mind, as we see in the variety of colors, shapes, and other elements in the world around us. The Lord prizes artistic endeavors such as the writing and playing of music, for He worked through David to appoint musicians for His worship (1 Chron. 25). Moreover, the first people described in Scripture as being filled with the Spirit were artisans skilled in sculpting, carving, and design, men who crafted the tabernacle, its furniture, and the priestly garments (Ex. 31:1–11).
As Christians, we must be concerned with what concerns God, which means that beauty must be our focus as well.