Stoop Aside

"But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it -- he will be blessed in what he does." James 1:25


To look intently -- comes from the Greek word parakupto -- and literally means "aside/to bend forward."


In John 20: 5 look at what John does when he gets to Jesus' tomb. "He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in."


And in verse eleven look at what Mary did when she stood outside the tomb crying. "As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb...."


My sisters, re-read this chapter in John sometimes, remembering how eager Mary and John were to find Jesus. Look at all the things they did. Stoop aside, bend forward and look in and he will reveal himself to YOU.