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Thought For the Day
by Mike Winstead
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.
P.U.S.H!
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
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