Saturday

Today’s Verses: Luke 23:50-56

A Day of Remembrance

“God can do more in our waiting, than we can do in our doing.” ~Pastor R Dallas Greene

Tomorrow is Easter—we’ll celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the grave and His victory and power over it.  Yesterday was Good Friday—which made tomorrow possible, understandable, but, what about today, and all those days like it—the in-between time when we don’t understand.  The Beatles sang and said it well:

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half to man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Couldn’t these words have been penned on this day by Peter or by any of Jesus’ disciples or friends?  Starting tomorrow, they (and we) will have a basis for faith and hope for tomorrow when “We know that our Redeemer liveth and that His throne shall ever stand; when we know eternal life He giveth, that grace and power are in His hand”—but seemingly not today.      

Let’s let today be a day of remembrance for all of those in-between days in our lives.

The In-Between Days

Yesterday // Tomorrow

Deceitful // Honest

Coward // Bold

Lost // Found

Bound // Free

Tearful // Joyful

Alone // Reunited

Perplexed // Resolute

Questions to think about:

     *In today’s verse we see that everyone needed to rest because it was the Sabbath; even though it appeared that they still had work to do. So then, when we have work to do, have we learned to rest? 

     *Even when we don’t know what God is going to do next? Pastor R reminds us “God can do more in our waiting, than we can do in our doing.”

For Further Study: 

   *Since there are no additional verses from this day as everyone was resting for the Sabbath, we encourage you to take this day and do the same. Rest. Spend some time reflecting on this past week and what Jesus has done for us and how blessed we are knowing that he conquers the grave tomorrow. That’s a privilege the early Christ followers didn’t have!