| A man was sleeping
at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God
appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him
a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was
to push against the rock with all his might. So, this the man did, day
after day. For many years he toiled from sunup to sundown; his shoulders
set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing
with all of his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and
worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain. Since the
man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to enter
the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: "You have been pushing
against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't moved." Thus, giving
the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure.
These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man. "Why kill myself over
this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort;
and that will be good enough." And that is what he planned to do, until
one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled
thoughts to the Lord. "Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard
in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked.
Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter.
What is wrong? Why am I failing?" The Lord responded compassionately, "My
friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that
your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which
you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move
it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent,
thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself.
Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown, your hands
are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and
hard. Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass
that which you used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling
was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in
My wisdom. This you have done. Now, My friend, I will move the rock."
At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect
to decipher what He wants, when actually what God wants is just a simple
obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise the faith that moves
mountains, but know that it is still God who moves mountains. When everything
seems to go wrong ... just PUSH!
When the job gets you down ... just PUSH!
When people don't react the way you think they should... just PUSH!
When your money looks "gone" and the bills are due... just PUSH!
When people just don't understand you ... just PUSH!
P - Pray
U - Until
S - Something
H - Happens
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