Imagine the scene - the man who, just a few days before, had had crowds lining the streets shouting "Hosanna". The one you had put all your hope in, who you had seen raise people from the dead, perform miracles and had promised you eternal life had just been put on a cross and died. It was all over. His body had been laid in a tomb and now there was no hope. Imagine what that must have been like. All your hopes and dreams crushed and now there was nothing. It was finished...
But was it? It must have been an awful situation for Jesus’ followers to be in. A time of hopelessness and sorrow. But we know the end of the story. Jesus’ death wasn’t the end as the following day He rose again. Saturday was just a time of waiting.
In our lives we sometimes find ourselves waiting. Waiting for so many things beyond our control. Whatever you are waiting for, may God give you patience and hope. God’s timing is perfect, even when it makes no sense at all.
This Easter Saturday may you be filled with hope because what God wants WILL happen. Jesus’ death was not the end and because of this we can have hope and peace in the blood of Jesus.
[written by Jen Hunter]