P.U.S.H.                

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 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 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, 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.

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 looks funny and the bills are due,…

just P.U.S.H.!

When you want to tell them off for whatever the reason,…

Just P.U.S.H.!

When people just don’t understand you,…

just P.U.S.H.!

P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!!!!

…Author Unknown