How to glorify God through your writing / Christian writing advice

Glorifying God is one of the core values of a Christian. So glorifying God through your writing (or songwriting etc.) is naturally one of the values of a Christian creative.

Throughout my life, I’ve always had the goal of glorifying God through all I do. Whether that is writing a book, taking photographs, jotting down a poem or song lyric, or composing something on the piano. I want to glorify God through all I do, and I believe that if we are walking with God, that will come naturally to us.

Part of glorifying God is having others see me, my life, and what I create. So I’ve also always had the mindset of doing things even when I doubt myself. To just go for it and see what God wants to do with it. It’s so easy to come up with excuses as to why something isn’t good enough for others to see, but more on that later.

Throughout this post I’ve included verses from the Bible, as I believe keeping the Word involved in all we do is so important. It’s so easy as humans to start making up our own ideas and stray from what God says. That’s why the Bible is great: it keeps us on the straight and right path. The Bible is truth so if we base everything on that, we are bound to head in the right direction.

We weren’t created to be glorified

God is meant to be praised and worshipped. Us, as humans, on the other hand, were certainly not. In fact, we were created for quite the opposite, we were created to be the ones worshipping and glorifying HIM. It is an unnatural position for us to be in the place of being glorified. We were created to have that praise.

We can see in the fame realm what glory does to humans at times. It is shown as something we should strive for, but where that path leads is isolation, and a lack of purpose. Fame is one of those things that can tempt us. As Jesus people, we have to be so careful as to not compromise our faith in order to reach fame or success. Fame is something I never want, as I think being in that place comes with so much responsibility and heaviness as a Christian.

God is ultimately the one we should be glorifying and worshipping, as He is so worthy of such praise – and so much more.

A way to show our love for Him

If you have a desire to glorify God, there is a good chance you love Him. Glorifying God with your creativity is one way of showing our love.

It takes the pressure off us

By giving what we create to God (as a sacrifice of kinds) it takes the pressure off us. The results and the outcome of what we create is no longer up to us if we give it to God for His glory. We don’t need to worry about how “successful” it will be, if we have given that responsibility over to Him.

It can be easy to look at the outcome of what we create, to look at people’s reactions to what our hearts have brought to life, and measure the worth of our creations (or the worth of ourselves!) off of that.

When we hand it over to God and choose to make the purpose of our craft to glorify Him, we no longer have to live up to any standards. Our work will always be good enough for God if we offer it to Him from a worshipful heart.

How can we do all this in our writing?

It can be so difficult to seek His way when writing. There aren’t any Bible verses that tell us how to write a novel, but there are so many about how we are to live our life, and writing is a part of that.

Writing is something we do, so we should do it to the glory of God.

Asking God how to do it can be a good place to start. Pray to Him, and ask the big questions, “How can I glorify you through my book?”, “What do you want me to write next?”.

Another way to glorify Him through your book is including a message or theme that points to God and His glory. Such themes might be: “there is more than just this world”, “perfect love casts out all fear”, “a simple life can be more fulfilling than a wealth filled one”, and so many more.

Sharing your writing with the world is another way to glorify Him. If we don’t ever let anyone read our writing, how can we expect to shine that light? As scary as it feels, shining for Christ is a part of the Christian walk.

Set our focus on the eternal can help us refine our creative projects and bring forth worth while content and outcomes. If we’re focused on simply the present and this world, we won’t be as likely to turn to the thing that truly matter. Eternal things are often framed as unimportant in the world, but ultimately, sharing those messages with people is what saves and redeems.

As a final note: create with passion, and let the Holy Spirit guide your journey and creations. Set your eyes on the Holy One, channeling your love for Him into your craft. His rewards are so much better than anything this world can offer. Let us keep pressing on to glorify Him, and discover all there is to discover along the way.