Post by Les Brewer on May 10, 2012 7:51:45 GMT
PUSHING ROCK- A MUST READ, SO INSPIRING.
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 child, 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 sinew
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
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 child, 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 sinew
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
