Isaiah 26:7-9, 16-19 / Matthew 11:28-30
We often hear these phrases being used very often: I am so busy; I am so stressed out; I am dead tired.
We not only hear it from others, we may have even used those phrases often.
Yet have we ever wondered, what are we so busy about? Why are we so stressed out? Why do we feel so drained and tired?
So is this what life is all about, that we are laden with busyness and get stressed out and tired with the troubles of life?
In the 1st reading, the prophet Isaiah identified what were the troubles of the lives of the people.
They got what their wicked deeds deserved, and the punishment was the oppression by their enemies.
Distressed, they now search for the Lord who will give them the peace they longed for. Lying in the dust, they hoped in the Lord who will awake and raise them to life and even exult them.
That too is our hope in the Lord as we feel the burden of the troubles of life.
And our Lord Jesus calls out to us to come to Him and find rest in Him.
It is only in resting in the heart of Jesus that we find peace of heart, and with gentleness and humility, we will be able to handle the troubles of life.