Nathan Moore
Welcome to Godspeed
Date:
October 7, 2024
With research, strategic insights, and creative vision, we establish identities that resonate with their audiences, building trust and recognition.
The Beginning
Building Godspeed is a dream. We haven’t even officially launched, but the awe still remains — how this even came to be. I wish I could take credit for it, but I can’t.
Anyone who reads or comes across Godspeed should know the concept of building a multi-media platform/outlet that will focus on capturing the raw and authentic testimonies of Kingdom builders operating in the spirit of excellence in their respective fields — through a multitude of different formats — is not something I, Nathan Moore, would typically pursue.
I’m not a skilled photographer, videographer, editor, developer, journalist, or many of the things you may think necessary when pursuing something like this.
But I am curious. A truth seeker. Someone with a genuine curiosity and passion for people — and doing my best to be obedient.
Curiousity and Calling
I’ve always wanted to understand why people do the things they do — how they view the world, what shaped them, what influences their behavior, and what drives them to exist. I like to ask questions and observe people in their element. It’s important to me to understand who people are and what their internal and external motivations are.
I want to understand them — not just for the sake of it, but because I want to know how I can support them if I ever have the opportunity.
If you asked close friends of mine, I hope they would describe me as a motivator — coach-like, genuine, and always trying to get the best out of them.
I want the people I love to thrive. And if I can help them take a single step, I’m all in.
That means getting to know them and understanding them at their core.
“A friend who lets you sit in untapped potential is no friend at all.”
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” — Proverbs 27:6
A Culture Starved for Connection
Who would’ve thought genuine interest in people would turn into a rarity — that going out of your way for someone automatically makes you Mother Teresa these days?
Our techy, consumer, and self-driven society has slowly turned us all into self-absorbed fools — self-absorbed fools that still long for genuine connection to fulfill us.
So what do we do? We jump at anything that seems like it might provide some sense of care. We conform to the ways and ideas that will make us accepted. We sacrifice ourselves at the altar of idols and don’t even know it.
It’s heartbreaking. It’s robbery. And it’s happening faster than ever.
People need honesty.
This is what I hope Godspeed will deliver — raw and honest testimonies of God’s Kingdom builders. The difficult times that broke people for the better before clear skies were ever in sight. No sugarcoated anything.
The Vision
The vision for Godspeed was exactly that — not my idea.
I was awakened by a weird dream on August 1st at 4 a.m. and couldn’t go back to sleep. I decided to get up, pray, read the Bible, and journal. Not two minutes later, it was like the Holy Spirit rushed me and downloaded a vivid blueprint of Godspeed.
I had been praying for visions and dreams over my life for almost three years prior — but not with the right heart posture.
Losing and Finding Identity
After my baseball career ended, I was lost. My identity was wrapped up in the sport, and I didn’t know who I was without it. It was an idol, plain and simple.
To make it worse, I thought I would enter corporate America or become a successful entrepreneur with ease. I knew how to work hard and had experienced failure countless times, but I had never operated in these new spaces.
I was competitive, prideful, and had a performance-based mindset for everything. As an athlete whose identity was wrapped up in their sport, I knew nothing else. In my new adult life, I thought I could outwork and out-charm my way to the top. It worked for a little while, but I started to realize nothing was changing in how I felt.
I was empty. Lacked fulfillment. Had no idea who I was. And I was becoming someone I didn’t like.
I pushed that observation down and did my best to compartmentalize it, but it kept resurfacing. I’d fill the midweek with work and extracurriculars, then burn the city down on the weekends — all while convincing myself I loved God and was a Christian.
The reality was I was a complete fake and had no idea how to become whole. Looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places, dipping my toe in everything but the truth that was Jesus.
My spirit was crying out for Jesus, and I was telling it to shut up.
Moving to Chicago, getting promoted, a thriving social life, fun travel — all the other BS looked great on paper. But inside, I was miserable and questioning myself every day.
I was burning the candle on both ends and hoping for a miracle that didn’t exist in the reality I was living in.
Breaking Point
I burned out. I hated the internal prompting in my spirit that told me I wasn’t doing the right things. I hated it because I had tried everything the world says to do to be successful, and my performance-based mindset was convinced I could crack the code.
God let me drive myself into the ground because I wouldn’t have listened any other way. It was the punch in the face I needed.
I kicked and screamed for a while, but eventually I shut myself up and accepted that I was lost.
That internal prompting I hated so much was my saving grace. It was the only thing I knew was true deep down — and I had to submit to it.
I wanted all the answers at once, but God needed to expose and break all the ungodly things I had attached to myself: pride, arrogance, control, and selfishness.
I had unlearning to do before I could even begin to position myself as someone God could actually use.
Three Years Later
Here we are three years later — forever grateful for that much-needed wake-up call and doing my best to humbly grow in Christ.
And to my amazement, the moment my heart was truly centered on God’s will, He moved swiftly to place me in positions to be used for the kingdom. Fulfillment.
My job is to remain His student, vessel, and follower.
He takes care of the rest.
The Mission
I hope you walk away knowing me a little better — and knowing that Godspeed is here to amplify the truth of Jesus’ work in people through:
Creative storytelling
Intimate, in-person connections
Education
Raw testimonies
High-quality digital/pint content
So much more coming very soon!
