God is calling up a new type of gap-stander today.

• A person who stands on behalf of others to connect them with God

• Ezek 22:30 - A gap-stander is an intercessor..

• Ps 106:23 - God liked what Moses did - it benefited both parties, himself and the people he interceded for.

• When my son gets in trouble and his brother stands up for him, my heart is endeared toward both.

• Here’s the beauty - the word “entrepreneur” means the same thing.

• “Entre” comes from the Latin term that means “enter into.”

• “Preneur” comes from the French word “preened” and means “to undertake.”

• In the marketplace there are people with problems.

• An entrepreneur slides in between both and brings a solution.

• He is a “gap-stander” by calling.

• On this foundation, if his solution meets their tangible need then he can bring a solution to their intangible need.

• “If you meet the need the customer is paying you for you may get an open door to meet the need they’re not paying you for - their spiritual need.”

• EX: William Merrill Vorhies - an architect God called to start a firm in Japan.

• Missionary to Japan - used his biz to disciple people.

• He became concerned about all the earthquakes, so he prayed and God gave him a dream about spacers placed strategically in foundation walls.

• He invented the Earthquake-Proof building.

• He had another dream that led him to invent Menthaladium, the vapor rub for chest colds.

• Vorhies saw himself as an entrepreneur/intercessor who bridged the gap between God and the people who were disconnected from Him.

• An entrepreneur is a gap-stander who brings a solution to peoples’ problems for eternal reward.