A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when

suddenly his room filled with light. 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, giving 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 he planned

to do, but 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 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. 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.

Now, my friend, I 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 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.!