Accept the God's words

Accept God’s words - -A short story

AD: I would like to share an email forward that I am sure most of us would have read. It is a story about a very devout person who used to pray, “God, give me some work that I want to do for You! Give me some task.” One night, the Lord appeared and said, “You really want to do something for Me?” The man says, “Yes!” God tells him, “There is a big huge boulder outside, I want you to push it.” Strange as it may sound, he gets ready the next morning, goes out and sees the rock and is convinced he would not be able to move the boulder. Anyway, he gets on to his work.

All day long, he tries pushing the boulder with no success whatsoever. He repeats the routine every morning despite not making even a little progress the previous day. At this point, his mind which is the Satan, says, “You fool! What are you trying to do? The boulder will never move in an entire lifetime no matter how hard you push.” And thus starts the man’s argument with his mind. The mind persists, “Why do you put all your strength into what you are doing? Just act as if you are pushing it; don’t really give it all your strength.” The man is uncertain whether he should accept the mind’s argument. That night, he prays to the Lord, “Oh Lord! What is it that You have given me! I am not able to understand.” The Lord appears and says, “What did I ask you to do? Did I ask you to move the rock or did I ask you to just push it?” The man is still not able to follow His words. He says, “Lord, I pushed it!” The Lord answers, “Yes, I asked you to push it and not move it. It is My job to move it.” So saying, He just blows on it and the boulder moves. God continues, “Through the act of pushing you have developed a strong body over the last fifteen days. I need this body for some other task.”