So, this week I
was serving at an event.
Looking back to
last Fall (2021), I heard of a new ministry starting up at Celebration Church,
Georgetown, TX. The ministry is called “Endeavor” and for me, it is answer to
prayers that I have both whispered and sometimes even shed tears over.
Simply
described, it is a ministry centered around the fact that work is something
created by God, and it is in fact, or was meant to be, good! And as a ministry,
we seek to invite God back into the workplace. And that was in fact a very
simplistic way of viewing it.
Because at it’s
heart work and workplaces are very different, aren’t they? Each company created
and developed in its own unique way and directed by people how they envision
it. So as individuals we experience work and the workplace very differently.
And yet, work
was made by God, and it was meant to be good. It doesn’t matter what we do for
work because as parts of the body of humanity and the body of Christ, we have
each been ordained with skills and gifts that when we properly perform them, we
fulfill some of the purpose that God has given us.
Here’s the
thing though… the world is a fallen place and sin has twisted that which God meant
for good and managed to create a flawed and misguided construct.
We recognize
though that the brokenness of the workplace isn’t God’s fault and that the only
way we can see the workplace healed involves two things: 1) We must invite God
back into the halls of our businesses; and 2) We must seek God in prayer and by
the power of the Holy Spirit, we must proactively take back the ground that our
ancient enemy has stolen from us.
And by taking back
ground for God, we impact our world at its core and we plant the seeds of
revival!
I don’t want to
oversimplify this, nor do I want to usurp or take credit for the prayers and
hard work of others in this movement. I am deeply moved at moments when looking
from the outside looking in at what’s happening here. There is a movement of
God in this.
Let that sink
in. I know this because many of us who are giving our time and gifts to
Endeavor are seeing, feeling, and caught up in a move of the Holy Spirit.
And it is both
inspiring and humbling. God is using willing hands to make a move.
So, we come
around to why I am writing this little blog piece tonight.
I don’t want to
forget a moment in my life where I saw God moving, where I felt the tingle and
the catching of my breath as I knew God was using me, not for my own glory but
His, to reach into someone else’s life and speak hope to a hurting soul.
A speaker this
past Thursday was discussing many particulars on how to bring a gathering of
Christ followers together within a company while overcoming any objections and
stumbling blocks that might occur.
After asking
those of us in the room where we saw ourselves in knowing how to go forward in
starting something at the company we worked for, I ended up in a small group
that was either undecided or just not certain how we would begin such a
movement within our corporate structure.
It was at the
end of the evening when a gentleman sitting to my left spoke to me after
everyone else had left our table. He asked about my thoughts on the whole
Endeavor movement and what things looked like at our company. I explained that
there are many outspoken followers of Christ including our current CEO. I went
on to say that there are some that even have held events where they explained
how they had invited Christ into their agencies and seen Him do great things
through their willing hands.
It was then
that he said in apparent confusion, “Mike, then why are you at this table of
those who don’t know how to begin something where they are at?!”
After
explaining that I was simply not understanding how I could start something here
locally in Central Texas with the individual agencies located here, he began to
understand and then the conversation moved to himself.
Instead of
writing the short novel that would be needed to discuss every aspect of the
ensuing conversation, I want to share what I view as the most important things
we talked about and how Endeavor had impacted him that evening.
He began to
explain who he was and the job he holds but quickly came around to his mindset
and heart space where he was as he arrived that evening.
He explained
that he was in a place where he had just about given up hope on our country and
its spiritual state currently. So much so that he wanted to take his family and
move to another country where he imagined it was headed in a better direction.
But…
He explained
then that he was having a change of heart after hearing the speakers that
evening and after my own testimony about how I was seeing God make amazing
moves through Endeavor already.
I could go on
to tell you about the deep pain that was confessed to me because of what the
enemy had attacked him personally with over the years. I will keep that in
confidence. But all that to say that we in this Endeavor movement are already
venturing into the territory that the enemy arrogantly believes is his and lost
to God. If we allow God to use us, I firmly believe that God will take back
ground and make it holy again. I believe that God can bring the revival that
many of us have so longed for and prayed over.
We win one
battle at a time. We win when we invite God into the battle and follow His
lead. We win when we link arms and stand together with the Holy Spirit guiding
us.
I am so
thankful that I stayed at that table the other night. I just felt the gentle
tug of the Holy Spirit asking me to sit a while and just open my mouth and
letting Him speak through me. I’m nothing special but like many of you I just
want to be available and used by God to do His good will however that might
look.
Be encouraged.
We are in the middle of a move of God. Of this I am convinced.
Be open to
God’s still small voice and go seize the day my friends. Let’s go together and
take back some ground from the enemy and let’s bring back some captives with
us!
In Christ’s
love,
Mike Meehan
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