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
Love is like Heaven but it may hurt you like hell.