![]() The reality is that since then 15 goal scorers have been tallied for the Socceroos, including Massimo Luongo and James Troisi, who found the back of the net in the watershed 2015 Asian Cup final triumph against South Korea. Since before he scored with that unforgettable strike against the Dutch, many wondered which other players in the Socceroos' squad could possibly find the back of the net. However, it's easy to get distracted by thoughts of over-reliance on the goals of a 36-year-old striker. Given Australia's upcoming opponents featuring Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Thailand, Cahill's qualities will obviously be of importance as the Socceroos aim to qualify for a fourth consecutive World Cup. He has eight in qualification ahead of the third round of qualifiers, double that of his nearest compatriots Mile Jedinak and Tom Rogic. Since that 2014 World Cup, in which the Socceroos ultimately went winless despite their impressive efforts, Australia have played a total of 24 games, scoring 52 goals - the majority of which came in the most recent round of qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup - with the Socceroos comfortably topping a group containing Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Bangladesh.Ĭahill has netted 13 of the team's 52 goals. And it took place on the world's biggest stage as Australia was beginning to rediscover their identity as a football-playing nation.Įxactly two years on, and the effects of that wonder goal are still being felt, while the question around a permanent replacement for Cahill lingers. It was the greatest goal ever scored by an Aussie in an international fixture. Parity had been restored and, with it, so too faith. ![]() Cahill met the cross with a full-blooded volley just inside the penalty area, the ball kissing the underside of the bar from his swinging left foot. ![]() The enthusiasm gained under recently-appointed boss Ange Postecoglou had quickly waned.īut, not a minute later, a hopeful cross from right-back Ryan McGowan helped remove doubts around the Australian national team's new direction. Having succumbed to a highly fancied Chile side 3-1 in their first Group B game of that tournament, the Socceroos' prospects appeared bleak when they conceded an early goal to the Netherlands in Game 2, courtesy of a swift Arjen Robben counterattack. Belief, quite simply, cannot be underestimated as a mechanism of this success. One strike with conviction at the 2014 World Cup was enough for Tim Cahill to set Australia on a revolutionary new path toward unprecedented achievement. To wonder at His greatness and His glory.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĪustralia still feeling the effects of Tim Cahill's goal vs. We need to take time to be moved by who God is. Not for who we think He is or who we want Him to be.Īnd certainly not as we see the rest of life. I’m just saying that we need to see God for Who He is. I’m not suggesting that we jettison our informality and go back to the days of top hats and stiff collars. On a recent trip to Italy, my wife and I stood in the middle of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and just took in the magnificence of that structure. A magnificent structure, it undoubtedly caused a sense of awe, especially in those who saw it for the first time. One of God’s holy places was Solomon’s Temple. He wrote, O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places (Psalm 68:35). King David understood that the maker is greater than what He has created. The Psalmist wrote, Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him (Psalm 33:8). The very thought of God should amaze us even more than what He has done or what He has said. The one who speaks is greater than his words. And we’re astounded by what He has done and by what He has said.īut what about God Himself? The one who works is greater than his works. ![]() The Bible talks about the wonder of God’s works (Psalm 65:8) and the wonder of His word (Psalm 119:161). It’s something that we seem to have lost along the way. O, the wonder of it all! The wonder of it all! There’s an old song that George Beverly Shea used to sing called The Wonder of It All.īut the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul, But there’s a danger that if we are not vigilant we’ll drag God down to our level. One downside of our penchant for a lack of formality is that this laid-back attitude has infiltrated many churches with the result that even our view of God has suffered.īeing informal at church is not in itself a problem. Too full of ourselves.īut, as with everything, there are unintended consequences to our informality. We’ve lost a lot of the formality of former times. More and more we live in a laid-back, relaxed society.
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