Subject:
P.U.S.H.
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 is 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 I 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! |
