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 mandid,
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 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
