The Rock

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The Rock

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 spentin 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. " This gave 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 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.

Just PUSH

When everything seems to go wrong, ... PUSH

When the job gets you down, ... PUSH

When people don't react the way you think they should, ... PUSH

When your money is short and the bills are due, ... PUSH

When you want to curse them out for whatever the reason, ... PUSH

When people just don't understand you, ...PUSH

PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens!!!!

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was

not my lips you kissed but my soul...(~Judy Garland~)