“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 NIV
Have you ever been weary, just so tired that you need to sit down and not continue doing whatever it is you doing? Have you ever been burdened, that feeling of having the weight of the world on your shoulders and not sure what to do about it? I believe we all have from time to time experienced those feelings.
Those feelings can be true for us in a physical way but they can also be true for us in a spiritual way. Obviously, when we are discussing those feelings in regards to a physical way, we know we need rest for our bodies. Some times the challenge is finding the time to rest or allowing ourselves to rest. However, our bodies are good at making us finally rest, whether it is from crashing and not allowing us to go on without sleep or by sickness entering our bodies and stopping us in our tracks.
When we look at the feelings of weary and burdened in a spiritual way, the same is true for us. We will come to a point where we will need to do something about it, our mind and heart will struggle to find peace for us, forcing us to look at how we are living spiritually. We don’t like living being exhausted physically or spiritually, it goes against how we were made to live. Thankfully, as a believer, we are able to bring our weary bodies and souls to Jesus for rest.
Jesus is not complicated, He is straight forward. He wants us to follow Him, not all the regulations or rituals of formal religion, just follow Jesus. Get to know Him in a personal way, He will give each one of us rest if we let Him.
If you are tired, I strongly encourage you to turn to Jesus and let Him give you rest. Let Him be the way you are renewed both physically and spiritually. He is waiting for each one of us.