“Wait on the Lord" is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time.
Waiting is not something most of us are good at, especially when it's marked by such deep emotion and longing. But on Holy Saturday, we step into a place of waiting similar to what the disciples would have worked through on this day, full of wonder, fear, and anticipation. During our service, we will spend our time in extended spaces of prayer and worship as we journey through the stations of the cross.
For the disciples - and for us - the space between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday is filled with waiting and is marked by our inability to remove the stone guarding the entrance to the tomb; but on the other side of that tomb, Christ was waging His war on Death and The Grave. We can enter this day of holy waiting with hope, for though the waiting can't be rushed, it is always a place where God is doing immeasurably more than we could ever hope for or imagine.