“The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment” (Luke 23:55).
We have considered the goodness of that tragic day when Jesus was crucified and have accepted the truth that it was a good day – hence the Good Friday.
The Resurrection Day is a day to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead with our hearts filled with joy and hope.
Between Good Friday and the Resurrection Day we have the day when nothing happened…
The story of Job will help us understand the day when nothing happened.
Job experienced events that shattered his devout life and changed it forever. One by one the things that made him a respected person in the community were taken away. He lost his assets, his children, his health.
Today, many people that happen to experience what Job did, end up committing suicide. Not Job.
Job experienced a time when, apparently, nothing happened… when the waiting kicked in… questions arose…then came the “friendly advice”…subtle accusations…more questions. Then doubt…
In Job’s case…the waiting…the questions…the doubt gave way to trust: “I know that my Redeemer lives…” (Job 19:25).
The disciples were experiencing all of these: questions, the doubt, the fear. John writes that “…on the evening of that day…the doors being locked…for the fear of the Jews” (John 20:19).
But then, finally, trust took over.
Trust comes with the realisation that God alone can be trusted even when trusting Him is “the hardest thing of all”.
Trust Jesus! He has risen! Pastor Alois