A man walks up to a sculpter, after having admired his work, asks him, "How did you get the biblical character Job to form from a giant piece of marble?? It's fantastic!"


The sculpter responds to the man, "Everyday I simply chip away at everything that is not Job, and eventually over time, Job emerges."


Being chipped away at probably didn't feel very good, but submitting to the sculpter, as the rock did, allowed the rock to be transformed into the masterpiece the sculpter envisioned and planned for from the beginning.