Daily Encouragement For June 11:

The Obstacle In Our Path

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid 
himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. 

Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply 
walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads 
clear, But none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. 

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. 

Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried 
to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and 
straining, he finally succeeded. 

After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a sack
lying in the road where the boulder had been. 

The sack contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating 
that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many of us never do, we cannot walk around our
obstacles, sometimes we have to push through them to see the reward. 

Author Unknown

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us
run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Now
no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby.” - Hebrews 12:1,2,11.