we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants.....

A must share....

I usually don't post this late unless it is for an urgent prayer request but I received this from a sweet friend in my email and I felt compelled to share it with you!!!

When I read it, it was if a light bulb went off in my head...

  *JUST PUSH

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled

with light, and God 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.

So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun-up

to sundown, 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.

Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to

enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's weary mind. (He will

do it every time!)

"You have been pushing against that rock for a long time and it hasn't

moved." Thus, he gave 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 the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of

prayer and to 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 shiny 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. True, 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.

That you have done. Now I, my friend, 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 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 do as 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.

P = Pray

U = Until

S = Something

H = Happens

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start anyone can start from

now and make a brand new ending."

"Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have

trouble remembering how to fly."  May God Bless You.*