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.
"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 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 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 our money looks "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
Pass this on to all the love ones and friends who
may need it, they may get it just in time.