I Will Move the Rock 

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, Satan decided to enter the picture by
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." 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 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 by half a millimeter. What is wrong?
Why am I failing?" To this 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 sinewed 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 it is still God who moves the
mountains. 

God, You call us to obedience everyday. Sometimes, I
want to see beyond obedience. I want to know why, how
and when. Yet, it is usually long after the obedience
that I begin to realize what Your plan was back then.
So help me just be obedient for today. I am learning,
Lord that by being obedient today, I am stronger for
tomorrow. In Jesus' Name, AMEN!
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