John 20:3-9 (NLT - emphasis mine)
3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. 6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. 8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
As I read this passage I noticed that the disciple who reached the tomb first didn't go in..."He stooped". Later in the passage it says he "went in, and he saw and believed". Then it even says that "until then they still hadn't understood." I don't know about you, but that jumped off the page at me. They didn't believe until they actually took steps to go inside! How many times have I missed out on what God was doing simply because I was Stoopin' instead of Steppin'? When we choose to take steps in our faith he can show us things we couldn't have seen before and understand him in ways that seemed unimaginable.
What areas in your life are you Stoopin'? Do you have any stories of times you have stepped and seen this happen in your life?
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