We Wait
Our soul waits for the LORD; (Psalm 33:20a). If we listen, the seemingly quiet day between Good Friday (good for us, not for Jesus) and Easter, speaks loudly. The culmination of Jesus’ state of humiliation is on full display. From the day Jesus was born, He was destined to die, as a human, and be buried, as a human. Therefore, as a substitute for us, fulfilling human nature in every way, He lay in the grave, just like all of us will.
Therefore, if it was good for Jesus’ body to lay in rest awaiting the resurrection, then it is also good for our bodies to lay in rest awaiting the resurrection. On Holy Saturday we look forward, and knowing now to what we look, oh, is it a wonderful picture we see — the resurrection. Then, because He arose, so will we. On this day, we wait for that great day to come.
