Being Life Coach at New Hope is just one
faucet of my educational experiences as I am also nearing the completion of a Master’s
degree in professional counseling. While not much of this journey is left one
major part of this journey is the completion of a practicum and then
internship. As I search, for almost a year now to secure an agency in which to
complete these requirements, my deadline is quickly drawing near (two weeks
left) with no practicum site secured.
I have prayed and cried out to God, what
are You doing? I mean I know God has His timeframe for everything, but Lord, so
does my University and the two are not meeting up! I try to have faith that God would not have
brought me this far in this journey to leave me hanging… would He?
I was sharing my anxiety about this matter
to my husband David and he asked me if I ever heard this story. When I read it
God spoke to me and hopefully as I share it He will do the same for you.
“A man was sleeping at
night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with bright 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 with 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, the Adversary decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man’s weary mind: “You’ve been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t budged. Why kill yourself over this? You’re 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. “Why kill myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that’ll be good enough.” And that’s just what 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’ve labored long and hard in Your service, putting all my strength to do that which You’ve asked. Yet, after all this time, I haven’t even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What’s wrong? Why am I failing? “The Lord responded compassionately,
“My friend, when I asked you to serve Me— you accepted. I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength— which you’ve 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’ve failed. But is that really so?”
“Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscular. Your back sinew is mighty. Your hands are callused from the constant pressure; and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you’ve 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’ve done. I, my friend, will now move the rock.”
P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
When everything seems to go wrong, just
P.U.S.H. …
When the job gets you down, P.U.S.H. …
When people don’t react the way you
think they should, P.U.S.H. …
When your money looks funny and the
bills are due, P.U.S.H. …
When people just don’t understand you,
just P.U.S.H
And yes, when my path is not
visible...I’ll pray till something happens.
At times, when we hear from God, we tend
to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants. What God actually wants is
just simple obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise the faith that
moves mountains, but know that it’s still God who moves the mountains.
Connie Hanten, BCMCLC
New Hope Life Coach
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