The problem with perfectionism is that we can never achieve perfection through our efforts. We end up giving up, getting out of time with God, and falling short of what God has for us. Instead of seeking perfection, seek completion. Jesus set out to complete the will of the Father as he stumbled and was humiliated on the way to the cross. We too can carry out God’s will for our lives as we complete his assignments in timing with the Holy Spirit. It may not look perfect or turn out the way we envision, but God’s stamp of approval will be on it. What we complete will be a foundation for those who come after us to build upon.

In this sermon, Rajeev Nandakumaran preaches a powerful message from Genesis 2, Matthew 25 & 26, and Hebrews 4, sharing how God has increased his capacity and how God has moved in timely ways as he has sought completion instead of perfection.

God wants to bring us to a place of silence, where all the other voices drown out, so that we can get a hold of his voice. What actually happens is that his voice gets a hold of us! He will build a shout in us that is so compelling that we can break down walls!

When we have an encounter with the living God, everything changes…

When the word of God comes, it takes you outside of yourself and what it actually does is it plants you in destiny. It shoots you out in a way that you can just play the part. If you play the part, then you will become a fortified city. You’ll become an iron pillar. You’ve got to learn to play the part, even if it doesn’t suit you that well at first. We have become a people that require everything to suit us in order to feel confident. But God-fidence doesn’t come that route. The confidence from God doesn’t come the route via the world, where everything is packaged perfectly. When God gives you a calling, play the part and then wait to become a fortified city.

Rajeev Nandakumaran preaches from Jeremiah 1 and Mark 8...

The night seasons are seasons in which God wants to renew us. Without too much thought about what the outcomes are, night seasons purify us. Night seasons are times in which God is the only one you have. You are relying only upon God alone and you are stripped of all help from everybody else. At that time, nobody else is going to help you except God. Until you come to that place, you will always be a little bit shaky because you’re dependent upon other things. Anything that goes wrong, it will shake you up. But it was in this place that I knew, in the midst of all this, I could believe God. It didn’t matter what he would do to me, whether he slew me, or he blessed me, or he blessed the church or he blessed my family or didn’t, I was completely assured of him. I had never had that. I’ve seen miracles, I’ve seen the raising of the dead, but I never had that. But there is such a way in which God was so satisfying. It would be almost as if when I just flip my eyelids, just set my heart towards God, I could feel the love of God just flooding me. Even now, I just turn my eyes to him and just praise him and I find that a lot of times, tears will come into my eyes, because something has changed inside me.

You may be in a night season, but I sense that dawn is coming. If you feel stuck or hopeless, God is giving you an opportunity to build yourself up for the dawn of the day. As surely as the sun comes up, your darkness will give way to light. Be ready for it.

-Pastor Michael Koh