The talk focused on Hebrews Chapter 11, where early on it was said, “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”
In other words, God spoke the universe into existence. He said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, and so on.
I found myself thinking of us mere humans, whom it is said were created in God’s image. Since we were created in the image of The Creator, we also are creative beings in our limited way.
And so J.K. Rowling speaks the universe of Hogwarts and Harry Potter into existence, and Ray Bradbury creates life on Mars. We don’t have the power to build universes literally, but our imaginations were designed after the imagination that created the universe around us.
We appreciate the awesome creativity of the human imagination, but it’s useful to step back and appreciate the imagination that conceived us and the world we inhabit.
