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Just Push

A man was sleeping in his cabin when suddenly his filled with light, and God appeared.
The Lord told the man that 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 of his might.
So 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. Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary Satan decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into his 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 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 this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong?
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’ve come to me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But is it 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 have. True, you haven’t moved the rock, but your calling was to be obedient and push. You were to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. That you have done. Now my friend I will move the rock.�
At times when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise faith that moves mountains, but know that it is God who moves the mountains so…..

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