Just
P.U.S.H!
A
man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with
light, and 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 shoulders set squarely
against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of 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 weary mind: "you have been pushing
against that rock for a long time, and it hasn't moved." Thus, giving 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 he planned to do, but 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 Servant, 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 sinewy 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. 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. Now I, my servant, 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 a simple obedience and faith in
Him. By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is
still God who moves 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 react the way 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
+ U + S + H = Pray + Until + Something + Happens
Q1
- She was in Germany
She
spent all or most of the summer on Germany
She
just spent part of the summer in Germany
Q2
- Somebody took it from my desk during the afternoon
The
speaker has a good idea as to what time in the afternoon it was taken
The
speaker has no real idea as to what time in the afternoon it was taken
Q3
- They went to Spain
They
probably spent all or most of the summer holidays in Spain
They
probably just spent part of the summer in Spain
Q4
- Noone spoke during the news
This
does not mean the whole news programme
This
means they were quiet throughout the news programme
Q5
- He lived there for almost thirty years
He
doesn't live there now He lives there now
Q6
- She's been working there since the spring
She's
probably going to change her job She's probably going to stay in
her job
Q7
- They've been friends since their schooldays
They
have lost touch with each other They
haven't lost touch with each other
Q8
- I'll get it during my lunchbreak
It
probably won't take all of the lunchbreak It probably
will take all of the lunchbreak
Q9
- They arrived for the film
They
arrived after it had started They
arrived before it had started
Q10
- Jenny arrived during the film
She
arrived after it had started She arrived before it had
started
Q11
- She hasn't phoned me for the last three weeks
The
time period is unfinished The last three weeks is a
finished period of time
Q12
- It snowed during the night
The
snowfall probably lasted all night The
snow probably didn't fall all night
Q13
- She was in hospital for the night
She
stayed there all night She didn't stay there all night
1.A luxuriant
tropical garden was planted on the grounds of the most luxurious
hotel in town.
2.It has been raining way too much
and for too many
days.
3.Juan and Maria thought that studying
the martial
arts, like judo, would improve their marital
relationship.
4.May — see the definition of modal
auxiliaries for help with might and may.
5.He hardly deserves a medal
(made out of any kind of metal),
nor did he show true mettle
when he tried to meddle
in our affairs.
6.The moral
of this story is that the morale
of a military unit is extremely important.
7.In the moribund
condition of her government, the empress gave way to morbid
reflections on her death.
8.My great-great-grandfather, a naval
officer in the Civil War, was killed when he was struck in the navel
by a cannonball.
9.Now
that you know
that no
one is at home, walk right in.
10.He made an oral
commitment to speak on the biological, aural
aspects of listening. He has extraordinary verbal
skills. [Many writers insist on a distinction between oral (by mouth)
and verbal (having to do with words, written).]
11.A palette
is that thumb-held device that painters use to mix their colors on. The palate
is the roof of your mouth or the sense of taste. And a pallet
is either a hard, narrow bed or a device to carry things on.
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