Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

I was very restless yesterday afternoon. I was to the point I was ready to jump through the wall and leave an outline like in the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Show cartoons of my childhood. Can you relate to me? I write that to elicit a smile, but the feeling was really unnerving. Well, how wonderful it truly is that Jesus is the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. He is the one who has the tongue of a disciple, that is, one steeped in God’s Word. So that he can know how to sustain the weary with a word (see Isa. 50:4-9). The word of God is a feast of both encouraging words and words of conviction—all that we need for life and obedience. Fear not. Fret not. And all the rest!

Jeremiah told us that the One was coming, that the new covenant was assured: I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak (Jer. 31:25). Jesus fulfilled Jeremiah’s words on the day of the feast, the great day: If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink (John 7:37b).

And so in our restlessness or worry, when we sense the futility of a fallen world, or one feels lost and confused. Like Peter, we answer, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68-69). Are you restless? Jesus has the answer. Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Go to him in faith. Find a strong tower during times of trouble. Find a sturdy structure during a storm. Find rest for a weary soul.

PRAYER: Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. [Eph. 3:20, 21]