Opening Prayer: O God, this day—Holy Saturday—is a day of waiting and resting. It goes against everything within us, given all that has taken place over the last twenty-four hours, but it is what you ask us to do. For it is what you, yourself, are doing. Help us to enter into the Sabbath rest of Holy Saturday and wait patiently for Sunday to come.
Read: Luke 23:50-56
Reflect: The silence must’ve been deafening as they sat idly by. Their world had stopped spinning; nothing could be done. A forced solitude had taken hold of them, meant to accomplish eternal purposes. Space needed to be made; space to reflect, space to grieve, and space to hope. That’s what this day is all about.
There is a certain powerlessness to Holy Saturday that is really good for us. We can’t produce, manufacture, or control resurrection; we can’t hasten it or hurry it along. All we can do is wait.
Ask God to help you to stop. Ask him to help you stop doing and to start being. Ask him to help you to stop talking and to start listening. Ask him to help you to stop initiating and to start waiting.
Pray
Closing Prayer: O Lord, there is still some emptying that needs to be done. Give us the patience, the courage, the strength, and the trust to make room for that to happen. Help us to learn how to wait for you during this holy day of waiting and resting. Sunday will come soon enough, but there is still something you want to do in us first. Prepare our hearts, Lord Jesus, for your resurrection.
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