PUSH:
Pray Until Something Happens
A man was sleeping one 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 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 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, he gave 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 the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a
matter of prayer and to 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. True, 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.
That 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
just a 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 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
