A man was sleeping at 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 sun down, his shoulder 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 thought into the weary mind: "You have been pushing against the rock for a long time, and it wasn't moved."
Thus, he geve 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."
Thats 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 laboured 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. Whats wrong? Why am I failing?"
To be continue
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