What do you do when God feels silent? On Holy Saturday, we sit in the in-between — after the cross but before the resurrection. It’s a day of silence, grief, and waiting. But silence doesn’t mean absence.
In today’s Passion Week devotional, Mike Stone shares a powerful message about trusting God in the waiting. When the miracle hasn’t come yet, and hope seems buried, Silent Saturday reminds us that God is still at work — even in the tomb. If you're feeling stuck between prayer and breakthrough, this message is for you.
🙌 Just because God is silent doesn’t mean He’s not working.
🔔 Subscribe and join us tomorrow for Resurrection Sunday, the final and most triumphant episode in this Holy Week series.
⏱ Chapters
00:00 - What is Silent Saturday?
00:16 - Welcome to Behind the Mike
00:26 - The In-Between of Holy Week
00:41 - The Disciples’ Grief and God’s Silence
01:12 - When God Feels Absent in Our Lives
01:45 - God Was Still Working in the Silence
02:22 - Holding On in the Waiting
02:50 - The Hope of Resurrection
03:20 - A Prayer for Those in the Silence
03:40 - Invitation to Share and Join Resurrection Sunday
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Episode Transcript
What do you do when Godfeels silent?
(00:03):
What happenswhen the miracle hasn't
come yet?
Holy Saturday, the daybetween the cross
and the resurrection,was a day of waiting.
It's a day of griefand a day of silence.
If friends, welcome to Behindthe Mike Podcast,
I'm Mike Stone, and todaywe're talking about
a part of Holy Week that doesn'tget much attention.
(00:26):
We call it Holy Saturday,the day after Jesus died,
but before he rose again.
It's the in-between.
It's the pause between promiseand fulfillment.
Imagine what the discipleswere feeling.
The one they had followed, lovedand believed was
the Messiah was dead.
(00:49):
The sky turned black.
The veil in the temple had torn.
And now nothing.
The tomb was sealed.
The crowds had gone home.
And the silence must havebeen deafening.
The gospel writers sayvery little about this day.
But we do know the discipleswere hiding in fear.
Check out John 20 (01:12):
19.
Holy Saturday reminds usof those seasons in our lives.
When God feels absent,you pray and nothing.
You wait and you wonderif he's listening.
You thought the storywas going one way and suddenly
(01:33):
it fell apart.
But here's the thing.
Just because God is silentdoesn't mean he's absent.
Even in death.
Even in the tomb.
God was working.
Jesus body may have been still,but God's redemptive
plan was moving forward.
(01:55):
As 1 Peter
3 (01:56):
18-19 suggests, Christ was proclaiming victory
even in the unseen realms.
Look, we all haveHoly Saturday moments.
Times when the pain is realand the outcome is uncertain.
Maybe you've maybe you'rebetween a diagnosis
(02:18):
and a healing.
Maybe you're betweena prayer and an answer.
Maybe you're betweena heartbreak and restoration.
Holy Sundayteaches us to hold on
even when we can't seewhat God is doing.
Because Sunday's comingresurrection is real.
(02:39):
So if you're stuckin the waiting, don't give up.
Jesus knows whatit's like to be there,
but he also knowshow the story ends.
And that leads us to tomorrow.
The greatest day in history.
Resurrection Sunday.
Father, to anyonewalking through
the silence right nowthrough uncertainty,
(03:02):
grief or doubt.
Remind them that you arestill working in their lives,
even when we don't see it.
Even when we don't feel it.
Give us hope in the waiting.
Just like you did onthat quiet Saturday.
Knowing Sunday is on the way.
In Jesus name, Amen.
(03:24):
And thanks for spendingtime with me this Holy Week.
And if today's messageencouraged you,
would you consider sharing itwith someone who might need
that same reminder?
Don't miss our final episodetomorrow, Resurrection Sunday.
You don't want to miss it.
Thank you and God bless.
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