PUSH (fwd)

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

I hate to be cynical, but that story reminds me of a story

I heard from the Greaseman (shockjock) a very long time ago:

 

A man was blessed with having God over to his house for

dinner one night. Both him and his wife cleaned the whole

house and prepared a wonderful meal. While talking with

God over dinner, the man confessed,

 

"You know Lord, I've toiled hard all my days, volunteered

my time and services, given to charity, and tried to do the

right thing. But if you take a look around, you'll see

that I don't have much to show for it. So, I was

thinking, that while I have you at the table now, I'd

ask you for a favor."

 

God said, "Sure, what is it son?"

 

"Well, I was thinking, since you're God, the Almighty,

creator of Heaven and Earth, couldn't you just wave your

hand and make me a million bucks? I mean, what's a

million to God?"

 

"True", said the Lord, "A million dollars is like a

penny, and an Eternity is only a minute."

 

Upon hearing this the man became excited and said,

"Wow! Does this mean you're really going to make

me a millionaire?"

 

And God said, "In a minute..."