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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 sun up to sun down; 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.
Satan said, "Why kill yourself over this?"
"Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be
good enough." That's what he planned to do, but 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 I, my friend, 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 P.U.S.H.
When the job
gets you down ... just P.U.S.H.
When people
don't react the way you think they should...
just P.U.S.H.
When your
money is "gone" and the bills are due...just P.U.S.H.
When people
just don't understand you ... just P.U.S.H.!
P=Pray
U=Until
S=Something
H=Happens
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