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 This autumn, as a church, we're following a series looking at what it means to believe

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 in the supernatural presence of God as a living reality.

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 And today we think particularly about what it means to think about the living presence

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 of God as the God who goes before us.

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 Not only is he with us in the present now, but he goes ahead of us.

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 One of the many things that I've been struck with once again over the last few days in the events of this last week

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 is a basic truth, but something that is quite sobering.

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 That the death of Her Majesty the Queen reminds us that we are all mortal.

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 That whoever we are, whatever we are in this life, whatever we do, whatever we become,

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 however rich, however powerful we may be, death is the ultimate leveller.

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 However, we are all mortal.

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 Now on the one hand, that could sound very bleak and morbid.

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 Our Queen was Christian, and throughout her life she spoke very positively about faith.

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 And the reason why what I've just said does not need to sound morbid at all,

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 but in fact the very opposite, very hopeful, is because our faith in Christ that was our Queen's,

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 is our Queen's.

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 Except now it is not faith, it is knowledge.

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 It is that it's the conviction that Christ goes before every single one of us.

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 That's what happens on the cross.

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 That whatever death is, God in Christ has gone ahead of us, goes ahead of us,

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 and is there ahead of us waiting with open arms.

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 And it is that fundamental truth, that conviction,

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 that enables us to stare the reality of human mortality in the face,

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 with confidence and with hope.

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 And because we can do that, so it changes the way that we live our lives right now.

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 So as we think about what it means to celebrate the living presence of God,

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 who goes ahead of us and is ahead of us in our future,

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 that is where we work it out from.

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 God is there ultimately in eternity, but because we know that,

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 we know he's ahead of us in everything that lies between now and then.

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 So here's a question for you.

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 Have you ever found yourself in a situation

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 where you've just been overwhelmed

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 with a sense of worry or concern or fear or anxiety

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 over the sense of the unknown?

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 Where you feel like you're stepping out into a situation

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 and even though you may have this ultimate, eternal faith in the risen Jesus,

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 nevertheless, it's trying to work that out in the midst of the unknown now.

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 Have you ever found yourself in that situation?

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 In 1966, a young woman in her early 20s,

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 she was from Croydon,

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 got on board a boat with nothing other than a £10 note

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 and a prayer that God would tell her where to get off this boat.

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 The boat incident was going all around the world.

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 Eventually, after a long time,

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 she felt that prayer was answered

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 and she got off in Hong Kong.

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 This woman then spent the next 50 plus years

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 in one of the most dangerous places on earth,

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 working alongside gangs of criminals,

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 drug pushers,

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 leading them to Christ and seeing lives transformed.

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 Her name was Jackie Pullinger.

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 Now, that may not be your reality,

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 but I'm sure every one of us can think of some situation in our lives

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 when we face the future with that sense of,

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 frankly, being scared,

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 where we just do not know what lies in that immediate future.

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 And even if we're not talking about specific scenarios,

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 there's a genuine sense in which that applies to all of our lives.

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 We don't know what's going to happen to us tomorrow.

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 We can look at tomorrow, this next week,

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 and think with all kinds of questions,

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 what's going to happen?

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 What's going to happen?

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 The truth that we find repeated in Scripture

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 over and over and over again

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 is that God goes ahead of you

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 and is ahead of you in that future.

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 So let's just turn to the story we had this morning.

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 It's the story of Saul,

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 a known persecutor of Christians,

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 and it speaks directly into everything I've just described.

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 We've got Saul,

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 who is a known persecutor of Christians.

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 This can seem quite removed from our experience

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 because we don't know what it's,

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 generally speaking,

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 in this country,

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 we don't know what it's like

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 to live under persecution.

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 Lots of Christians worldwide do.

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 Face prison

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 and even death

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 for their faith.

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 But because it's not part of our reality,

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 we tend not to think it is reality.

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 But it is reality.

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 And that was the reality,

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 as this story was being told,

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 that Saul,

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 who was known,

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 known to be a persecutor of Christians

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 who would systematically

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 round up Christians,

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 have them put in prison,

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 and have them killed.

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 He has an experience of the vision,

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 of a vision of the risen Jesus.

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 He's blinded.

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 And we find two,

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 I would suggest,

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 at least two situations in this story,

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 which I heard this morning,

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 where we're reminded of the presence of God

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 that goes ahead of us

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 as we step into the unknown.

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 So Ananias,

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 also,

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 who is a Christian believer,

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 has this vision

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 that he is to go

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 and seek out

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 this man called Saul,

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 who is a known killer of Christians,

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 and go and pray for him.

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 I can't think that might have been

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 quite a difficult call

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 to swallow.

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 And yet he steps out.

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 And what might it have been like

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 even for Saul,

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 who, you know,

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 Matt pleads to himself in his shoes

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 that you've been systematically

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 persecuting and killing Christians

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 for quite a while,

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 suddenly you lose your sight

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 and you walk into the hands

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 of those that you've been persecuting.

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 In both scenarios,

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 we find two people

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 stepping out into the unknown

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 with that conviction

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 that it is God who goes ahead of us.

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 And as we look in Scripture,

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 we find time and time again

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 that God is in the habit

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 of dealing with us

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 in those kind of ways.

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 For example,

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 Abraham

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 was 75 years old

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 when he was called

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 to set out on a journey

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 and was promised

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 that God

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 was going to prepare

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 a land for him,

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 but he didn't know

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 where that was going to be.

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 75 years old.

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 Moses was called

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 to lead a whole people

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 out of slavery in Egypt

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 with absolutely no idea

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 how that was going to happen

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 or how it would unfold.

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 Joshua,

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 Moses' successor,

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 was called

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 to lead God's people

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 across the Jordan

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 and into a promised land,

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 a place that was full

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 of unknowns and dangers

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 and simply told,

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 you've got to be strong

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 and very courageous.

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 Jonah was called

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 to walk straight

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 into a dangerous city

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 renowned for its wickedness

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 and stand and be

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 a street preacher

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 in that place.

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 Ruth,

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 when she lost everything

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 and was stripped

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 of all security,

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 stepped out

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 with Naomi,

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 her mother-in-law,

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 into an unknown future.

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 And of course,

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 Jesus

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 called fishermen

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 to simply leave

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 their boats,

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 their nets,

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 everything that represented

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 their security

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 and just go and follow him.

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 And yet,

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 throughout these experiences,

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 time and time again

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 of God calling people

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 with the promise

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 that you don't know

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 the future that I do

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 and I'm ahead of you

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 waiting for you

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 in that future,

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 God's promises

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 are consistent.

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 Deuteronomy 1.30

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 says,

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 the Lord your God

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 is going before you.

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 Deuteronomy 31.8

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 says,

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 the Lord himself

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 goes before you

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 and will be with you.

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 He will never leave you

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 nor forsake you.

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 Do not be afraid

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 and do not be discouraged.

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 Isaiah 45,

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 verse 2

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 says,

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 I will go before you.

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 I will level

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 the mountains.

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 Isaiah 52,

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 verse 12

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 says,

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 the Lord will go

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 before you.

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 Matthew 20,

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 chapter 20,

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 Jesus said,

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 after I have been raised,

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 I will go ahead of you.

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 John chapter 14,

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 verse 3,

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 Jesus said,

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 I will go

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 and prepare

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 a place for you

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 in eternity.

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 So what does this mean

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 in practical terms then

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 to talk about

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 what it means

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 as a Christian

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 to believe

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 and have that confidence

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 that God goes ahead of you

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 into that future

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 that you don't yet know?

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 I want to suggest

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 in typical preacher fashion

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 three things.

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 Three practical things.

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 The first thing

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 is that you can,

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 with confidence,

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 embrace the unknown

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 knowing that God

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 goes ahead of us

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 because that is how we grow.

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 When we don't have

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 that control over our future

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 but we are called

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 to trust

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 and to trust alone

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 in him.

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 That's how we grow

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 and that's when we grow.

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 There's a story told

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 about a boy

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 who was playing

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 in a garden one day

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 and he found a cocoon.

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 This cocoon was moving

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 and he looked

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 for a few minutes

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 and saw that there was

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 a moth trying to break

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 out of this cocoon.

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 The boy felt sorry

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 for the moth

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 so he went inside,

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 got a pair of scissors

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 and cut a little hole

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 in this cocoon

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 so that the moth

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 could actually get out.

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 What the boy

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 didn't realise

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 was it was the worst

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 thing he could do

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 because what he didn't

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 understand

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 was that the moth

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 actually had to

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 press outwards

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 and break its own way out

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 and struggle out

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 of that cocoon

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 because it was

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 nature's way

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 of the fluids

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 in the body

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 of the moth

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 being forced

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 into the wings.

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 Because the moth

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 was denied

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 that struggle

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 that it needed

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 to have,

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 it tumbled out

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 of the cocoon

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 with no wings

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 and it never flew.

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 Now we've got to be careful

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 with that sort of analogy.

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 I'm not suggesting

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 for one moment

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 that God deliberately

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 sends suffering

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 our way.

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 I don't believe that.

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 But I do believe

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 that it is true

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 that it is when we are

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 in those situations

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 of suffering

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 and let's be honest

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 all of us have them

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 in different ways

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 and at different times

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 of our lives.

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 When we are in those

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 situations

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 that is when we grow.

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 At least that is

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 when we can grow

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 when we allow our focus

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 to be on God

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 and not the struggles

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 themselves.

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 So the first thing then

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 is that when we know

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 that God is ahead of us

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 it means we can embrace

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 struggles with that knowledge.

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 The second thing

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 is that we can be confident

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 that God will never ask

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 more of us

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 than we can handle.

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 He won't.

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 Toscanini was an Italian conductor.

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 He lived from 1867

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 to 1957

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 and he was renowned

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 for having a very hot temper.

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 The musicians in his orchestras

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 were terrified of him.

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 One particular evening

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 they were just getting ready

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 to, it was minutes

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 before a concert

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 was going to start

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 and a bassoon player

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 and very nervously

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 to this man

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 and said

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 I'm really sorry

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 but I've just had an accident

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 with my instrument

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 and I can't get this instrument

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 to play

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 an E flat.

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 It's not going to work.

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 I can't play tonight.

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 He watched with horror

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 as Toscanini

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 just closed his eyes

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 and said nothing

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 and covered his ears

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 for several very long minutes.

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 Apparently then

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 Toscanini opened his eyes

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 and said

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 you don't need to worry

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 you can play this evening.

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 E flat doesn't come up

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 in any of your scores.

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 He played through

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 the entire concert

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 in his mind.

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 Such was his intricate knowledge

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 of every single part

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 that formed part of that orchestra

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 for that entire evening.

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 Multiply that

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 by infinity

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 and you have something

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 of an image there

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 as to the way

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 God regards

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 your future.

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 He knows it.

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 Every single one of us.

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 That's hard for us

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 it's impossible

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 for us to get

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 our mortal minds

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 around that

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 but that's the truth of it.

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 He knows

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 what you can do

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 and what you can't do

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 and that brings me

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 on to the third

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 and the final point there.

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 Is that actually

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 when we're faced with it

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 we'd be surprised

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 actually what we can

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 we can actually do

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 and we can be taken

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 by surprise.

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 Time and time

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 and time again

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 I've found in ministry

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 people say to me

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 I didn't

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 I had no idea

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 how I got through that

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 but I somehow did

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 but I couldn't have done

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 had it not been

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 for my faith in Christ.

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 God has this mysterious way

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 of giving us

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 what we need

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 just when we need it.

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 When it's lying ahead

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 we think to ourselves

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 that's never going to happen

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 I'm never going to be able

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 to face that

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 I don't know how

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 it's going to happen

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 I can't face it

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 but when we get there

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 God surprises us.

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 One final story.

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 Corrie Ten Boom

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 tells a story

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 when she was a little girl

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 she was worrying

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 about something

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 with her father

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 and she was telling him

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 how she was worried

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 about the future

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 and how something

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 was going to unfold

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 and he said

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 look

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 God will take care of it

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 he's got it.

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 he said

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 think of it like this

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 when we get on board

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 a train

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 we travel together

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 by a train

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 what do you need

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 to get on that train

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 and she said to her dad

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 well a ticket

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 he said of course we do

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 I get a ticket

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 he said when do I

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 give you that ticket

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 do I give that ticket

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 to you months

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 or even

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 or just weeks

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 before we travel

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 she said no

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 he said when do I

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 hand you that ticket

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 he said dad

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 you give it to me

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 the second we get

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 on the train

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 God seems to be

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 in the habit

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 of meeting those needs

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 right when we need them

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 from our perspective

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 we look at a future

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 that we don't know

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 and we wonder

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 how on earth

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 are we going to get

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 through that

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 but we can

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 and we will

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 because God

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 is ahead of us

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 just as he always

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 has been

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 just as he always

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 will be

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 and he always

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 keeps his word

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 let's pray

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 for each and every

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 one of us

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 in this room

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 right now

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 this will be

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 a slightly

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 different answer

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 but just

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 to answer the

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 question

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 as to what

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 is it

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 that you see

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 when you look

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 into the future

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 and think

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 of the

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 uncertainties

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 as we think

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 about what

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 our futures

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 look like

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 and the things

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 that perhaps

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 concern us

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 whether that's

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 in the short

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 term

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 or the longer

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 term

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 let's just

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 take a moment

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 now

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 to hold

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 those uncertainties

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.459
 in prayer

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 before God

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 knowing that

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 even though

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 we do not

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 know

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 what's going

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 to happen

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 he does

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 living God

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 you go ahead

00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.939
 of us

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 thank you

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 that you know

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 the future

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 that we don't

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 forgive us

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 for when we

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 become distracted

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 and we focus

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 on the struggle

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 and we

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 lose

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 our gaze

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 upon you

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 be our focus

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 be our hope

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 be at the

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 centre of our

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 thoughts

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 and our

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 meditations

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 and our

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 contemplations

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 when we're

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 tempted to

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 worry

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 or to feel

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 anxious

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 help us

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 to shift

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 that focus

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 onto you

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 and to have

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 that mysterious

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 confidence

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 renewed

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 that you

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 are ahead

00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.639
 of us

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 just as

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 you are

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 with us

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 right now

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 you go ahead

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 into that

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 future

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 remind us

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 of that

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 in ever

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 greater measure

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 right now

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 as we

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 continue to

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 worship

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.339
 and in the

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:06.700
 time to

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 come

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:09.200
 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 Amen

00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:29.559
 in the

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 Lord