Saturday Faith

There’s something sacred about that space we don’t really talk about. I mean what do we do with the space between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

It’s the space of Saturday.

Today, we may finish our Easter Dinner grocery shopping, go to the park since it's finally getting nice outside again or even stop to get those last minute treats for the kids Easter baskets. It's just the day in between for us now living in a time period where we know the story.

It seems to be the day where nothing is happening…
...but somehow, back then, everything still was.

The Waiting

Put yourself "there" for a second. The day after Jesus died.

The disciples weren’t standing at the empty tomb yet.
 They were sitting in confusion, grief, and honestly probably a little fear. What just happened? Why did it happen the way it did? They probably felt it should have gone diferently.

Everything they believed felt shattered.

• Jesus had said He would rise
• Jesus had promised life
• Jesus had spoken of victory

…but all they could see was a sealed tomb.

And silence.

No angel yet.
No resurrection yet.
No clarity yet.

Just the tension between what He said and what they were seeing and feeling.

But even in that silence, the truth had already been spoken:

• “The Son of Man will be delivered… and on the third day be raised again.” (Luke 9:22)
• “Destroy this temple, and in two days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19)

The promise wasn’t missing. It just hadn’t come to life yet.

Can't we relate to that!?

We live in “Saturday” moments more than we realize.

That place where:

• You’re holding onto a promise, but nothing looks like it’s happening
• You’re grieving something that feels final
• You’re praying, but heaven feels quiet
• You know what God said… but you don’t see it yet

And if we’re honest, this is where faith gets tested the most.

Not in the miracle.
Not in the breakthrough.

But in the waiting.

So, what was actually happening in the waiting?

Even though it looked like nothing…

God was still moving.

• The stone didn’t cancel the promise
• The silence didn’t mean absence
• The waiting didn’t mean failure

Resurrection was already in motion. They just couldn’t see it yet.

So when you find yourself in your own “Saturday,” here’s what you hold onto:

1. God’s silence is not God’s absence
Just because you don’t hear Him doesn’t mean He isn’t working.

2. A promise delayed is not a promise denied
What He said still stands, even when the timeline stretches.

3. What looks finished may only be buried
And buried things in God’s hands have a way of rising again.

4. Faith is trusting what He said over what you see
The disciples had the words… they just hadn’t learned yet to trust them in the dark.

With those 4 things in mind, I'd like to with these truths:

The same God who fulfilled Sunday…
was just as present on Saturday.

And the same is true for you.

You might be in a season where, things feel still, answers feel hidden and hope feels fragile.....

But heaven is not idle.

Something is unfolding beneath the surface.

So it's okay to celebrate the cross.
And it's amazing to celebrate the empty tomb.

But don’t miss this:

God does some of His deepest work in the in-between.

So if today feels like Saturday…

Hold on.

Sunday is still coming.