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It was Saturday morning. It was Sabbath day, and every good Jew would find them their way to the temple to offer up sacrifice, to worship, to spend time with their God.
I wonder what the followers of Jesus did on this sabbath day. Most sabbaths in the last three years they would be in the temple or listening to Jesus teach. But now he was gone.
I’m sure they were full of emotion. Fear that they were the next ones to be crucified. Confusion as to what happened. Loss of hope. For some there was guilt for abandoning him. For all of them and overwhelming sense of grief.
Yet, well, their hope seemed a locked behind a stone in a dark, cold tomb. They didn’t realize that in God‘s silence He was working.
We aren’t exactly sure what Jesus did during the time that he was in the tomb, but we know that God was working. Death was being destroyed.
Peter tells us, Jesus was preaching to those who had gone on before. Most importantly, a battle raged between death and life, forgiveness, and sin, Satan and God himself.
It’s Saturday, but Sunday’s coming.
You may be doubting God’s working in your life right now.
You may be full of confusion and grief and doubt and anger and guilt in a whole plethora of other emotions.
Remember this, hold tight to your faith. Because in the darkness of the tomb, God was working. And in the darkness of your life right now, God is working.
This may be your Saturday. But remember, God is working and Sunday’s coming.
Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Hebrews 2:14
When we read this verse, we see that Satan has the power of death. This is far more than physical death. It’s spiritual death. It’s emotional death.
It’s this kind of death that keeps us from fulfilling our dreams. It’s just kind of death that keeps us from being victorious over the struggles in our life. It’s this kind of death that feeds our fears. It’s the kind of death that defines our doubt. Is this kind of death that keeps us from winning over worry.
When Jesus rose from the dead he defeated death at every level. Paul writes that because of Jesus’ resurrection the sting of death is gone. What he’s not saying here is that when a believer dies there is no pain. The pain of grief is real regardless of your faith. But when a believer dies we know we will be reunited some day and for all eternity.
By rising from the dead, Jesus offers us power over the death of our dreams, our relationships, and our ability to enjoy life in the present.
Our great enemy, Satan came to rob, steal, destroy…to bring death to us beyond the physical. He is intent on filling us with fear of the future to cripple us. His goal is to destroy our dreams of contentment. His purpose is to rob us of the joy Jesus died to give us.
Because of Jesus’ resurrection we can be victorious. Death has no power over us. Yet many who believe in Jesus still struggle with lost dreams and lost hopes. Claim the victory that Jesus bought for you on the cross every single day.
Mike Fisk & Built with Grace 