So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. (2 Corinthians 5:16)
Seek first his kingdom, and allow God to crucify your desires, agendas, plans, and goals. Rather than deciding what you want to write for God, how about waiting on him to lead and guide you in your writing?
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. (Psalm 130:5-6)
Andrew Murray, from his book Waiting on God, admonishes us to wait for his guidance and not simply rely on past experiences:
"The great danger in all such assemblies is that in our consciousness of having our Bible, in our past experience of God's leading, in our sound creed and our honest wish to do God's will, we trust in these and do not realize that with every step we need and may have a heavenly guidance. There may be elements of God's will, application of God's Word, experience of the close presence and leading of God, manifestations of the power of His Spirit, of which we know nothing as yet. God may be willing, no, God is willing to open up these to the souls who are intently set upon allowing Him to have His way entirely, and who are willing, in patience, to wait for Him to make it known." 1
As you resolve to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor. 2:2), your writing will bring life to those who read it as it is directed by the Holy Spirit to meet the spiritual needs of your readers. And whether you become a best-selling author or simply a pen pal to someone in prison, your call to write will fulfill the purposes of God, and you will be able to say with Jesus:
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. (John 17:4)
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1 Andrew Murray, Waiting on God (New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 1981, 1983) 68-69.
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