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Pushing
Against
The Rock
There was a man who was asleep one night in his cabin when suddenly his room
was 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.
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, Satan decided to enter the picture placing thoughts
into the man's mind such as;"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? etc." Thus, giving the man the impression that the task
was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and
disheartened the man even more. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought.
"I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum of effort and that will
be good enough." And that 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 of my
strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all of this time, I
have not even budged that rock a half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I
failing?" To this the Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when long
ago 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, your strength spent, thinking that you
have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong
and muscled, your back sinews 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."
-Author unknown~
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