JUST
PUSH
A man was sleeping
at night in his cabin
when suddenly his
room filled with light,
and the Savior
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.
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 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 signs of discouragement, the Adversary
decided to enter
the picture by placing
thoughts into the
man's weary mind:
" You have
been pushing against that
rock for a long
time, and it hasn't
budged. Why kill
yourself over this?
You are never
going to move it.
" 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, told you that
your task was to
push against the rock
with all 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 is sinewy and brown,
your hands are
callused from constant
pressure, and 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.
I, my friend, will
now 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
the 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
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.U.S.H -
Pray Until
Something Happens!!!!!
Pass this on to
all the loved ones and friends
who may need it-they
may get it just in time!
