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Introduction
Good morning again everyone.
It is good to see you again.
How was your week?
We will come to our scripture reading shortly.
Slide
Is 37:21
Rom 8:35-39
Our Dog - Toby
Toby was our first dog as a family.
A black lab.
He was given to us as a small puppy.
He bonded with our family very quickly.
Our son and daughter, very young at the time, loved him.
They grew up and He grew up.
We all loved him.
Toby learned to listen to us.
He learned what each word meant .
He even learned to respond to the tome in our voice.
He learned what to do.
“Sit, Stay, Lay down, Come here”
Toby learned to hear our voice and trust us in all situations.
First Home
When we moved house the first time, we were fortunate to a pool.
But Toby did not know what a pool was.
He must of thought he could walk on water.
He learned very quickly not to do that again.
Second Home
When we moved house the second time, we moved into the country, on some acres.
There was no fence on the land.
But Toby learned not to stray too far.
He would be outside most of the time with no lead, but he got to know the boundaries.
Instinctively over time, he learned the boundaries of his life.
He always stayed close to home.
Even the Mail Lady loved our Toby.
They don’t have post boxes in the doors as they do here, rather you put up mail boxes at the end of the driveway.
Every-time the ail Lady came, Toby would walk to her and greet her.
Toby would do the same with the neighbours.
The Mail Lady loved Toby, as did the neighbours.
Toby’s walk got slower and slower.
When Toby eventually died, Norma put out a sign on our mail box so all the neighbours would know.
The Mail Lasy left us a very moving message of sympathy.
Unforced Rhythm of Life
Picture of trust.
Picture of a Relationship.
Day in, day out.
Learned our voice, our tones, how gestures.
How to react in a situation, where to go and not to go.
Toby had learned to trust us, to hear our voice, even the tone of our voice, and to respond.
Toby had learned the boundaries of his life
Toby had learned to stay home or very near to home even when not on a leash.
A simple like, a happy life.
There was an unforced rhythm to Toby’s life.
Of trust in us, that showed in all he did.
Day in, day out.
Until the day Toby died.
We as a family still miss our Toby
Spread it before the Lord
Toby.
Picture of trust.
Picture of a Relationship.
Day in, day out.
Learned our voice, our tones, how gestures.
How to react in a situation, where to go and not to go.
Kika.
Opposite.
For those of you who were here a couple of weeks ago,
We finished with Hezekiah and Jerusalem facing the imminent threat of utter destruction from the approach of the vast and ruthless Assyrian army.
an army of at least 186k men!
Judah, and it 46 or so fortified cities, had been mostly decimated as this vast army made its way to the ultimate prize, Jerusalem.
The land, the crops, the fruit trees, had been consumed by this vast army as they went from city to city, and from place to place.
And after receiving “threatening and blasphemous letter” from the King of Assyria, what did Hezekiah do?
He could have bared his teeth at this enemy.
He could have written his own letter of rebuke.
He could have spoke his words of anger,
He could have run for help here and there and everywhere.
He could even have marched out his entire army to war.
But He did not!
He went up to the house of the Lord, that Solomon had built.
He spread the letter from his enemy before the Lord.
And He prayed.
And He waited
The Unforced Rhythm of Grace and Trust
Expectantly.
It is a picture of a of a man who has learned to walk with his God.
It is a picture of a man who has learned to hear the voice of his God.
It is a picture of a of a man who has learned to trust and wait on his God.
It is a picture of a man who had learned to hear the voice of his God
In the best of times and in the worst of times
It is a picture of trust and repose in the Lord, that is very personal.
It is a picture of the unforced rhythm of grace and trust, that should characterise every believer in His or Her walk with the Lord.
In the best of times, and in the worst of times.
It is not forced, it can never be forced.
But it is intentional and an act of the will.
It is walking by Faith.
It is learned and experienced.
And as it is learned and experienced, it grows.
And it takes time!
A lifetime!
That is why I called today’s sermon, “The unforced rhythm of grace and trust”
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