There May Be Silence, But Sunday is Coming!
52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone,where no one had ever yet been laid. 54 It was the day of Preparation, and theSabbath was beginning.7 55 dThe women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.
On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. - Luke 23:52-56
The cross is behind them. Jesus is dead and his body is laid in a tomb. The crowds are gone and the noise has faded. And now there is silence. No miracles. No teaching. No movement but only confusion.
Everything the disciples believed seemed to fall apart in a single day. The One they trusted, followed, and gave everything for was gone. The promises they held onto didn’t look like they were coming to pass. This wasn’t what they expected. They thought Jesus would establish a kingdom and bring immediate victory. Instead, they were left with questions, grief, and what felt like defeat.
Have you ever been there? That place where God doesn’t seem to make sense. Where your prayers feel unanswered or what you believed would happen didn’t. The space between promise and fulfillment can feel like silence.
But what they didn’t know was that Saturday was not the end of the story. God was still working behind the silence and darkness. A plan was unfolding and victory was already in motion. Behind the sealed tomb, resurrection was coming.
Just because God feels quiet and you don’t see movement, doesn’t mean He is absent and nothing is happening. The disciples thought their faith had failed, but in reality, God was preparing His greatest miracle. And the same is true for us. There are moments when life doesn’t line up with what we expected God to do. But we can trust this:God is always working—for His glory and for our good.
Sunday is coming.
Think About This:
Where in my life does God feel silent right now?
Am I trusting God even when I don’t understand His plan?
Can I believe that He is still working behind the scenes?
Here’s a Prayer:
God, in the moments when I don’t understand and when You seem silent, help me to trust You. Strengthen my faith in the waiting. Remind me that Your plans are still unfolding, even when I can’t see them. Teach me to rest in Your goodness and believe that You are working all things for Your glory and my good. Amen.
