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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.
Seeing that 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, 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.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone
that believes... Romans 1:16
P.U.S.H!
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!!!!!
Author Unknown
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