Buried [Part 3] Buried Expectations

1) When expectations get buried, faithfulness means trusting God in the “in between.”

• Saturday faith is not having all the answers. It is obeying God in the dark. (2 Corinthians 5:7)

2) God may seem silent, but He is never absent.

• What God is doing in the Saturday dark is often what makes a Sunday resurrection possible.
  (Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 8:28; Psalm 46:10a)

3) Even when you cannot see what God is doing, waiting is never wasted. (Psalm 130:5-6; Lam. 3:21-26)

• Biblical hope does not pretend the pain is small. It just declares that God is bigger. (Rom. 5:3-5)

4) In the waiting, bury despair and practice persevering faithfulness. (Hebrews 10:23)

• What does persevering faithfulness look like?
  
  

              o Do the next right thing.
              o Keep praying.
              o Keep hoping. Hope is a choice rooted in God’s character, not your feelings.
              o Keep gathering. Do not pull back from God’s people. The enemy loves isolation.
              o Keep trusting and believing. Even if your faith feels weak, a weak hand can hold a strong Savior.