Jesus was laid and sealed in a tomb with guards on watch day and night. The disciples hid in fear for they had just witnessed the death of their Lord, and yes, totally anticipated their own deaths would follow soon, for no, they didn’t see the resurrection coming .
All they could see was defeat and despair. So yes, they did what most of us would do in this situation. They doubted and they lost hope. And because they lost hope, they cowered in fear for their Lord was dead and their hope in Him returning was gone.
They lost hope in His promise of life and salvation, and yes, they lost hope in themselves.
We’ve all felt this way in our lives at one point or another. That feeling of numbness when we lose someone we love. So no, it doesn’t seem by chance that the words of the psalmist were some of the last words He ever spoke “my God my God, why have you forsaken me?” It’s as if He took on our cry, along with the cry of the disciples that day, and yes, was echoing our own struggle on the cross.
So yes, it seems that “Holy Saturday” serves an important reminder that doubt and hopelessness are an inevitable a part of our story, even if we wish they weren’t.
The truth is, we’re a people who will struggle our whole lives with doubt, and yes, at times we’re going to lose hope, and no, it’s not because we’re weak. It’s simply because our faith is so strong, that yes, what we hope for is so extraordinary that when we’re faced with pain and death or anything else that stands opposed to His kingdom, that yes, it’s understandable to lose hope because we’re human, and no, we simply don’t understand the big picture.
So, on this Holy Saturday, we can take the time to rediscover it’s importance, along with the doubt that comes with it. For yes, it’s simply a critical reminder that our struggle is real, especially when we have the audacity to hope for resurrection in this world we live.
Today should remind us that if Jesus was willing to let Thomas poke and prod Him with his doubts even when He stood right before His eyes, then yes, we must also be willing to embrace and love one another as we struggle with our own faith, while all the while, making room for our own doubts, for yes, we’re His people trying the best we can to hold on to that hope that many take for granted.
No sweet friends, today is not the final chapter in our story. Resurrection is coming. Even if we don’t realize it. Even if we can’t see it, and yes, even if we don’t believe it. For we are loved by love Himself, and yes .. haha .. oh yeah .. love wins period
Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.” They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered He had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said”
John 2:19-22
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