Consecrated, Crossover and Conquer - Part 2: Take the First Step | Andy Yeoh

Hey, you welcome to the Generation's Church podcast. We pray you will be

blessed by this message. Today I made the word of God both encourage and

challenge you to be all God purpose you to be. Now, let's dive

right in. Now we move on to the last two points of this message

of crossing over, consecrating and conquering the land that God is given to us.

Amen. Okay, So number one today or other it should be point

number four. Already point number four is take the first step. Now,

let's look at Joshua chapter three vers eight. There So God has been giving

instructions to the people who are to cross over through Joshua. And this is

the instruction you shall command the priests those days it's some people are the priests.

The rest are not. Today we are the royal priesthood. Amen.

So God is talking to you. Okay, josh to the three verse eight.

Okay, you shall command the priest who bear the out of the governant,

the priests who carry the presence of God. That's you. Today,

when you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you

shall stand in the Jordan. Okay. Of course, this is a story

where the river Jordan, which is at that time flooded, flooded, so

it's very dangerous actually, because it looks calm on the surface, but the

current is very strong underneath. Okay, So God is saying, when you

come to the age, and I want you to cres cross over to the

other side. And here's this river between you and the other side. When

you reach the age, you need to step into it. You're asking someone

to like, Okay, I don't know what's is there a crocodile, Is

there some trap, How deep it is, how strong it's you don't know.

But God is saying, take the step and go into the river,

And of course the people did. Let's look at Joshatch of the three verse

thirteen to seventeen, and you shall come to pass as soon as the source

of the feet of the priests who bare the out of the Lord, the

Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan,

that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come

down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap the river open up.

And so it was when the people set out from their camp to cross

over Jordan, with the priests bearing the other of the Covenant of the people

of the Covenant before the people I think I want them are but you can

read them on yourself. Basically, they did so as the Lord said,

I I paid the first guy. The first guy like, oh, I'm

price number fifteen. I'm okay, I'm not the first guy. Like if

if it doesn't work out, okay, bye bye PRIs number one, Bye

bye Priece number two. It was nice to have you. Hope you enjoy

your time in generations or whatever. Okay, bye, Like who wants to

be Priest number one? And two? Flow the river. But it only

happened when they took the first step. For many of us here the first

step to change, which usually can be the hardest because you live a certain

way so long. To change can be difficult. It can be scary because

there is no guarantee that if you took this first step that things will definitely

change. Yes, there's no guarantee that even though you're in a new season

or a new church now, that you won't get hurt again. Can I

be real, There's no guarantee that your pastor won't offend you. I'm pretty

sure I've forgotten to shake someone's hand today. And I'm pretty sure, as

I was being stressed out chasing after my kids that I didn't smile at you.

Just now, pretty sure that happens. I hope you know. I

don't hate any of you, Okay, but it's going to happen. I'm

pretty sure that I'm gonna forget someone's birthday, aniversary, reply someone's text late,

or something like that. It's going to happen. There is no guarantee

just because you're in a new job now that things are gonna all work out

right, there's no guarantee. Yet. You have to take the first step.

Until you take the first step, there is no breakthrough. It starts

with the first step. Amen. So I just said, I remember when

I was a primary school kid. I was generally a very good kid.

I I live very near the school. It's like maybe three hundred farimeters away

from the school. I'm a good kid that never uses any bad words.

Okay, I only use bad words one year in my life, which is

standard. Two. Seriously, send one. I didn't kindergarten. I didn't

send it. Three onwards, I didn't and do now I don't. I

don't use bad words. But sener two, I went crazy all the tamil

bedwords, can beadwords, Continese bad words all came out. Okay, you

learn language, right, I learned learning all the bad words worse, then

you learn them, then you learn the any more names, so you can

put the bad words and anymore together. I call your friend that. Come

on. Isn't that how it works? In the bad words words? Okay?

Yeah, So I learned my time all that way out. I learned

all the numbers in the moon and another and okay and all that la okay,

but standard two, I I used all the bad words. And I

once wrote a little note with my teacher's name on it. Porn Davy,

I still remember. And I wrote a bad word with her name on it.

And it's just this is so fun. She found it. She she

pulled my ear, she twisted it, she pulled my side burns out.

She really tortured me and I because of one Davy. Thank God for her.

I never used bad words ever again. But I did something else.

I've never pulled things scolar before. See go. So I go to school.

My parents are dose style parents go to school. But one day I

had stomach problems. Okay, I really needed to take a dump I need

to take a dumb You know what take a dumb means, right, Okay,

this is the word those like let him cook kind of expressionally take it

dumb. So the thing is my school toilet. This is my smk larstile

klang. I don't know what your school toler was like, but my school

tolet is unusable. It is you do not go into the school dolet.

It's like you just don't go there. It's dangerous. All kinds of weird

things. There's there's demons in there. There's like human that behave like demons.

All kind of things are okay. We always imagine that if we go

to use the school toilet, some some hand will come out from the toller

point and grab us and pull us down. So I was, I was,

I was an eight years older. It's like, I'm not gonna use

a school do. I don't care how that's where I am. And then

I realized, wait, my house is less inviront of meters away I walk

to school, I'm gonna walk bay home and take a dump. But to

do that, I have to skip class. I have to sneak out of

the class, find a way to climb over the fence and run home and

do it. I did that. I sneak out of the class I went.

So I went to the back of the school, past the can team

because that's where the back door is. And I didn't have to climb the

fence, Thank god, there was a whole. So I crawled under the

fence, ran back home, did my business relief, put my pens back

on, came back into school, and like nothing happened. First time I

ever pointing Scholar. It never stopped after that. Those days there was this

arcade pay street fighter one twenty cents pay, so we will skip school to

go and do that. Okay, now, not a good example, but

it's an example. And until I did it for the first time, I

never dare do it. I never I would never imagine. And then suddenly

I did it for one time and became easier. After that, Pointing Scholar

was natural, normal, easy. Not a good example, but an example.

A lot of us here bound held back by our first step the river

are doing there too. Now I'm going to leave it to you to process

what your first step is in this season or your life. For some of

you, first step could just be I'm going to commit because I haven't committed

for a while. I've just been floating around. You know, I've been

dating this person they supposed to be asking me when are we gonna actually marry,

and you're like, oh, let's see how as a lot leads,

I'll pray about it all right. So for some of us, the first

step is just too okay, I'm committed, this is it. I'm gonna

stay in this job for at least two years and not every single day of

the new job looking for a better job. So your heart is not there.

Why you mentioned coming to work waiting for this better one to come,

and you know how your heart is not there. So for some of you,

the first step could be as simple as I'm just going to commit.

For some of you, I don't know. The first step is to step

into the unknown, to do something you've never done before, something that maybe

speak to someone you're never spoken before. You said, okay, first step,

what is your first step? First step? For some of you,

your first step could be picking up the phone and saying sorry. You usually

know who you need to say sorry to, you just can't bring yourself to

do it now. Again, there is no guarantee that if you say sorry,

you get your money back. There's no guarantee. Then you say sorry,

everything will feel great. But it's the first step. I told you,

right, Joshua, first step, River Open Cross. Still have to

fight, you know, three more major military campaigns before they actually got the

land. So don't be food. Oh I took my first step a day.

How come have what happened yet? But if you don't take your first

step, it will definitely not happen. Can I say something quick with you?

I have a weakness? Okay, I have many weaknesses. Sorry,

how can I be so? Said? You know I've got any waknesses.

I won't tell you about one of them. I text and drive. I

drive and I text and it's bad and it's wrong and I shouldn't do it.

I'm taking my first step today. I'm telling you I have this problem.

I endanger my family because sometimes I drive very fast and text anyway wrong.

It's bad, it's a crime. I shouldn't do it. I endanger

my family, my young children, my wife. Someone brought it up to

me last night and said, hey, what are you gonna do about it?

The question was, you know it's wrong, what are you going to

do about it? This is my first step. All of you, now

do your words hold me accountable. You're in my car, usually your young

person. Now you're in my car. I touched my phone to text.

You say, pastor, I know already make it's simple for you. I

know you wouldn'tdare to say so many words. Pastor, you shouldn't text a

driver. But any of you seeing my car, you see me touch my

phone to text, you just say pasta or no, pastor? Who?

So what's so great? Just yo, bro? This is my first step.

I couldn't answer the question what do you do about it? I'm like,

yeah, most of us that we realize, we realize the mistake,

we realize the wrong. How to change? Is there any guarantee that I

will never text again when I drive? I hope not. I'm speaking as

if I'm the only person in this room that text and drive. Flower,

You're all done right. None of you do right. None of you ever

do right. So I'm the only one that's fine. So therefore all of

you have the right to keep me accountable. This is my first step to

be open with you all about my weakness and say, keep me accountable.

If I have to text, I will stop my car and text, which

means we may only get to you camp six hours later. No, but

I have to do this. I can't think of any of the way I

can say to myself. Okay, I can tell my wife I'll never do

this again. I don't know. I just felt like wake up this morning.

Go No. No, I have to take it to another level.

I would tell the whole church this is my weakness because some of you are

going to keep my car one, keep me accountable. This is my first

step. I want to change. What's yours? What's yours? What first

step will you take today? No, I'm not saying first step is guarantee.

First step is first step, and then you cross over and then it's

still a means to fight. It's a small thing, I know. I

texting and driving, Yes, they are bigger issues. I just I can't

watch all my detiliens. Here are just ins, just a real life illustration

that I'm going through for real. I don't want to justify it. It's

wrong. I shouldn't do it. She should. Why am I saying this?

Because it's important to be accountable? You know why we don't change?

Because all here I'm gonna change. But nobody knows about it. Who's gonna

ask you, who's gonna ask you about it, who's gonna keep you accountable?

It's important, do you know? It's not just a spiritual principle.

As psychologists, they've done research, They have research to prove it statistics.

If somebody else knows about the problem that you're facing, the likelihood of you

changing is higher. And not only that, you actually feel better. That's

why people want to share the problems because the just the knowledge that somebody else

knows what I'm going through psychologically, it actually gives you strength to face it

another day. Who created the psychology psychology? Anyway? God? God created

our mind or spirital soul. Right, So of course the principle is there,

Confession is good if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just

to forgive us. But did you know that as a scripture that also says,

I think it's the same book, confess your sins to one another,

that you may be healed. Confess to one another that you may be healed.

Accountability. Amen. So I'm not just saying take the first step.

I'm saying take the first step. Name the first step, tell somebody about

it. He says someone you need to forgive. He says something you need

to let go. There's something you need to take on with courage. So

we move on to the next point. We said the last instruction God gave

to John Josh the three verse five, and Josh say to people, centify

yourselves. Why for tomorrow, the new day? The next day, the

Lord will do wonders among you. God won't bring a new day to do

all things right, new wine, new wine, skin. I don't know

if you feel in your spirit, but I do. God's God wants to

do amazing things. But we need to take the first step. But we

also need to centify ourselves. What is centify ourselves? The word centify means

set apart. The words set apart means holy. I know we think of

holy as if I okay, can you think of a picture? When I

say holy? What do you think of? Let me maybe maybe ask the

leading question, what color have you thought of? White? Right? Okay?

If the color is a cloth, a badjo, is it long or

short? Usually a rope a wedding gown. See needs a picture of holiness?

White rope, perfection, perfection. Never had a bad thought, never

Text and drive only person and d H no, none of us do holy,

no wonders, So how to be holy? No wonder? Nobody wants

to be holy. That's a picture of holiness that I think maybe Hollywood painted

for us, because how to make a Disney movie If the bad guy is

not very bad and the good guy's not very good, I have to make

it very clear. So the children are bad good? Okay, follow good.

But holiness just means set apart. But that's a simplified version. Set

apart for what, set apart for a purpose. See, that's holiness.

That means if you centify yourselves, if you make yourself you want to be

holy. That means you set yourself for a purpose. Not that purpose,

this purpose you get, you get a picture. I've set myself apart for

this purpose, therefore not that. So if I go there, I'm unholy.

Not because I use the bad word, not because I wear miniskirt or

God forbid, not because I watch porn. That's that's holy too, And

I'll tell you why not because porn is porn, because that's what That's not

what your eyes are for. That's not what your mouth is for. God

did not create your mouth to speak bad words, And so when you use

bad words, it's unholy, not because of the words, like what makes

the word bad? Because for example, the word bhutto over here is wait

you go to Indonesia. But the past of preaching in his massare fifteen that

you'll say the word buto it means what it means true, it means malalu.

It's like malaluis so a bad word in one language, it's not a

bad word in another language. Spell exactly the same, sounds the same.

So how who is to what is bad words? So that's why it's never

about the words. It's not what goes into the mouth of defouls. The

man is what comes out of the mouth. Where did the word come from?

That's why why is the point you f you but I didn't say the

word I already say ha ha ha. I didn't say the word no.

But you thought it. You thought it and God saw it. So you've

got had a record. It's there. Centify yourself means holiness, holiness being

set apart for a purpose. This is a microphone. I love this illustration.

This is a microphone. It was designed and created for a purpose.

Was the purpose amplify voice Every chip, every diode, every cable, every

wire, every single part was designed for this one purpose, amplified voice.

Yes, and if I didn't know better, I saw this mind I say,

looks like an ice cream. Must be an ice cream. Let me

lick it like an ice cream. Taste a bihun Mmmm Wow kuba because somebody

else ate it just now and used it. Wow, this ice cream very

nice. There is permanent it never malts. I love this ice cream.

Wow, smells funky, but I love this ice cream. What have I

done to the microphone? I've unholyfied it? Why because of my sliber I

dirtified it? No, because I use a microphone. There is meant to

amplify voice, but I used it as food instead. You got saying the

dirty is not the sliver. The dirty is that I have abused this purpose,

abuses, abnormal use. This is a microphone. It's meant to amplify

woys And when I use it to emplify voice, then I'm making this microphone

holy? What are your lives for? What is your life designed to do?

Who are you created to be? God is saying, centify yourself,

don't be tempted to be somebody else? To do something else. That will

also mean on the passive side, that means if you have that missa,

is this my if this my girlphone is meant to amplify voice, and all

it does is live in the cabinet because it's so expensive. It's not like,

by the way, we pot a cheap one, but you know it's

so expensive, let's not use it, let's just preserve it. It's also

unholy because it's not meant to be in the cabinet, is not meant to

be silent. So if you have a gift that you're not using by this

definition, that's unholy too. You get what I'm saying. If you're meant

to love, but you will hold your love, that's an unholy act.

The Bible says, husband, love your wife. So if the husband with

whole love from the wife, the husband has been a holy why. Oh

of course he used the bad word on her. No he didn't. He

went health love, and therefore he's become an holy why because it's not the

purpose he was created for. It's not the purpose why God brought this marriage

together. You know what I'm saying. So Bible says centify yourself. So

this word is going out to all of us here. The next thing we

need to discover is God, why am I here? What am I here

for? I don't just mean church, I mean what am I here for

in this relationship, in this company, in this city, in this nation.

But what can we do for the nation? Because God's heart is for

the nation? Amen. Centify yourself. Centify yourself means also remove the unholiness.

That means, oh gosh, so sorry. I've used the money you've

given me for the wrong purpose. It doesn't even have to be a crime.

It's just well, it was meant for missions, but you used it

for something else. You just made your money. And Holy you get what

I'm saying. Right, So, God, what is what is the purpose

of my life? And So when you come to God and say, God,

I'm about to take my first step, I'm gonna name my first step.

I'm gonna tell somebody about it. I have to. If you're serious

about change, you have to then take the first step. No guarantee,

but take the first step, and then the next step, and then the

next step. But as you go, what's happening in your heart is God,

centify me, Centify me. Your heart is not meant to carry unforgiveness.

It's not made for that. It's not made for that. So centify

yourself means God, it's so hard to forgive. God to help me.

God, to help me. God. It might take a day, it

might take a week, might take three months, two years, I don't

know, but go through the processing, say God, remove this from me.

Why Because God wants to do wonderful things and we don't want to be

a hindrance to what God wants to do. Amen, thank you for joining

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