When You’re Weary 疲惫之时
Dexu Xia
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
I sat in the stillness of a workday’s end, my laptop in front of me. I should’ve been exhilarated about the work I’d finished that day, but I wasn’t. I was tired. My shoulders ached with the load of anxiety over a problem at work, and my mind was spent from thinking about a troubled relationship. I wanted to escape from it all—my thoughts wandered to watching TV that night.
But I closed my eyes. “Lord,” I whispered. I was too tired to say more. All my weariness went into that one word. And somehow, I immediately knew that was where it should go.
“Come to me,” Jesus tells us who are weary and burdened, “and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Not the rest from a good night’s sleep. Not the break from reality that television offers. Not even the relief when a problem has been solved. Although these may be good sources of rest, the respite they offer is short-lived and dependent on our circumstances.
In contrast, the rest Jesus gives is lasting and guaranteed by His unchanging character. He’s always good. He gives us true rest for our souls even amid trouble because we know that everything is in His control. We can trust and submit to Him, endure and even thrive in difficult situations because of the strength and restoration only He can give.
“Come to me,” Jesus tells us. “Come to me.”
By: Karen Huang
When your spirit is weary, where do you go for rest? How will you respond to Jesus, when He invites you to go to Him?
Heavenly Father, remind me that true rest is found only in You.
凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，-我就使你们得安息。—马太福音11章28节
在一天的工作结束时，我静静地坐在手提电脑前。我完成了一天的工作，理应感到兴奋，但我却没有。我觉得很累，工作上的某个问题使我焦虑不堪，双肩疼痛；一段糟糕的人际关系也让我心力交瘁。我想抛开这一切，那天晚上我只想看电视。
但我闭上眼睛，低声说：“主啊！”我累得说不出话来，所有的疲惫都倾注在这两个字里。不知何故，我立刻知道我需要来到主的面前。
耶稣告诉我们：“凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息”（马太福音11章28节）。这里的“安息”不是指一夜好眠；不是藉由电视节目摆脱现实，轻松一下；不是解决问题的愉悦畅快。尽管这些可能都是让人休息的好方法，但所提供的喘息却是短暂的，而且取决于我们的处境。
相反地，耶稣赐予的安息是持久的，并且以祂永恒不变的特质作保证。祂总是如此良善，即使我们身处患难中，祂都能让我们的灵魂得到真正的安息，因我们知道一切都在祂的掌管之中。我们可以相信并顺服祂，在困境中得以忍耐，甚至茁壮成长，因为只有祂才能赐力量给我们，并复兴我们的生命。
耶稣对我们说：“可以到我这里来！”
作者： 黃嘉仁
当你心灵疲惫时，你会到哪里寻求安息？
当耶稣邀请你到祂那里去时，你会如何回应？
天父，请帮助我记得，
唯有在祢里面才能得到真正的安息