P.U.S.H

JUST PUSH

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 sunup to sundown, 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 discouragement, the Adversary
(Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts
into the weary mind: (He will do it every time)! "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 shiny 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 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 do as 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

Pass this on to all your loved ones and friends who may need
it; they may get it just in time.

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."