There was a man who was asleep one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared.
The Lord told the man He had a 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, 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
my strength to do that which you have asked.
Yet, after all 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 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 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, TO PUSH AND
TO EXERCISE YOUR FAITH AND
TRUST IN MY WISDOM, this you have done.
I, my
friend, will now move the
rock."
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