Happy Easter

For centuries Christians around the world have celebrated Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, preparing for the ceremony on Easter Sunday. What about Saturday? Why is Saturday not recognized? Why have believers been silent about Saturday? Poor lowly Saturday gets no recognition during Easter week.

Maundy Thursday – Maundy is from an Anglo-French term for command. On Thursday of Easter week Jesus gave his followers a “new command” to “Love one another as He loves.”

Good Friday – “Good” because on that day Jesus suffered and died on the cross for the forgiveness of all mankind.

Easter Sunday – The day that Jesus rose from the dead and permanently changed all human history.

Saturday – This was a bad day for the followers of Jesus. He was gone. Their Rabbi, physician, and promised Messiah was laying in a tomb. Jesus was lifeless, and they were hopeless. This was a bad day for the Romans. The troublemaker Jesus was in the tomb, but they feared someone would remove the body, so they positioned guards at the tomb.

Was anything going on that day? Of course, something was transpiring. God was going on. God never cease acting. Even in the minutes and days when it sounds like God is silent and "still,” He is not. He is constantly acting.

God proclaims in the Psalms:

“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” Psalms 46:10 (NLT)

On what appeared to be a quiet Saturday, “I am God.” On Easter Sunday, “I am God.”

In your circumstances yesterday, today and tomorrow, “I am God.”

Your hope is found in Jesus, the Son of God, who lived, died and rose for you!

Happy Easter!