Mark 16

Verse 3 – and they said among themselves, who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?
 
I really wonder what was going on in their thinking as they were on the way to the tomb.  No doubt they believed Jesus when he said that he would rise again and no doubt they heard and understood when he proclaimed himself to be the resurrection and the life.  However, according to the conversation, they expected the stone to block their access to the Promise.  It wasn't a conversation of 'is today the day he will rise again', but rather it was a conversation to determine how or if they were going to move the stone.  So often in life, I find myself contemplating how I am going to move the "stones" that seemingly block me from the promises of God, when God is just waiting to reveal himself as the Promise keeper.  I also notice that when they came that they did not come empty handed, but they brought spices to anoint Jesus.  Even in the times that we can only imagine a stone blocking our access we must bring our praise and worship and anticipate an encounter.

Jeff McGee