Andrew Mitchell

Andrew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and became a Christian at the age of 10. Although he had a strong desire to go into the ministry through his teens, he ended up getting a place to read Law at University and decided that a legal career was his preferred direction.

God had other plans though and whilst Andrew was working in London during a gap period after school, he started to feel an overwhelming sense that there was a more specific ‘calling’ for his life. He says ‘nobody ever talked to me about callings as I grew up, but somehow I had an instinctive desire to know if God had a specific one just for me – trouble was, I don’t think I really expected an answer!’

God already was answering though and going back home to Edinburgh to think and pray for a while, Andrew started to feel that he was being called into music ministry. It was the last thing on earth he’d ever imagined doing and was utterly convinced God had made a mistake. Again he says ‘I was terrified and felt totally inadequate. I couldn’t believe God would want to use a rough diamond like me to somehow glorify Him. I just wanted to run in the opposite direction.’ Needless to say at that point, Andrew had never sung publicly or written any songs and because he’d never wanted to become a Worship Leader, he literally had none of the skills associated with that job. But during that long time of seeking God’s will and trying hard to listen, the Lord made it clear that this calling to music ministry was to ultimately become a world-wide work. And whilst He wouldn’t stand in Andrew’s way if he chose his own path, Law simply wasn’t His perfect will or plan for his life.

Things came to a head on a June day a few years ago. Andrew was in the middle of a ‘battle royale’ spiritually speaking and had just had one of the worst weeks of his life. It was while he sat on his Mother’s couch, trying to reconcile all that God was asking of him, that his attention was suddenly diverted from all other things by a startling question from the Lord. ‘Do you love me more than you love yourself?’ Finally, after all the wrestling he’d been through it was a question that could only have one real answer – YES! In that moment, Andrew realised that if he was to have any validity or integrity as a Christian, he had to stop picking and choosing the areas of his life that he allowed God access to and start surrendering absolutely everything to Him. Needless to say, that day became a mammoth turning point in his Christian life.

A few years on and its clear Andrew has changed enormously as a person because of the journey he’s been on. If you speak with him today, you will find he has no sense of ‘self’ regarding the job he now does – the seven year desert where he wrestled with God before finally accepting His calling, pretty much put paid to that. If you compliment his passionate and anointed song-writing he will instantly give it all back to the Father saying ‘they are God’s songs – I have no earthly possession of them, just a heavenly stewardship.’ If you admire his abilities now and mastering of skills that make up the various facets of his work, he will tell you that every gift came about and continues to grow because of God’s faithful outpouring and that ‘our human limitations are simply not big enough to impede God’s supernatural impartation when we surrender and say ‘yes’ to Him.’

He’ll also tell you that in ancient times, if you’d asked a Greek who they were, they would answer by telling you what they did vocationally; and that if you asked the same question to a Hebrew, they would respond by saying ‘walk with me for a while.’ Walk with Andrew Mitchell for a while and you will recognise he is a man of God who speaks with power and authority the message of the cross. He is in passionate pursuit of the very heart of God and yet has also grasped the fact the he is the ‘least of these’ and you know what? When you spend time with him, you can tell that this truth has released him to minister through music and word in an incredible way, borne out of a deep security in who he is in Christ. He has a Holy boldness that is simply rare in a world full of mediocrity and compromise. His worship and unswerving passion to serve God and further His Kingdom cause you to make profound likenesses to David and Jeremiah. The words, both prophetic and present that accompany his life and work make you realise the impact of Andrew’s global platform for the King he so deeply loves is an absolute certainty.

So if you’re hungry to be led in true Christ-centred worship and thirsty to pour out your love for God with worship songs written and led by someone who lives to know the Father more, then discover the heart of Andrew Mitchell, his passion and his praise – he is the real deal.

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