“I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.' And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.” -Joshua? ?14:7-11? ?ESV??

Do you want to do the works of God or watch them from a distance? Pastor Michael Koh shares a message from 2 Kings 2 on how when we commit ourselves to the Lord, and carry the presence of the Lord with us as we face the “Jordan”, we also can do the works of God. God will give us a new identity.

Knowing Jesus as merely a teacher of morals or a prophet mighty in deed is not enough to get us through difficult times, or to save us from our diseased and wounded souls. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus came upon our place of darkness to give us new life. When he takes hold of our lives, and we exchange our lives for his, he makes all things new. He sets us on a way that is not hopeless - and gives us a future and a hope.

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…