Isaiah 40:25-31 / Matthew 11:28-30
In order to go anywhere in life, we must have goals.
Goals help us to set directions and keep focused on what we need to do to achieve those goals.
That means that we also must have a plan as to how to achieve those goals, because without a plan then our goals are merely wishes that exist in our imagination but not in reality.
Needless to say, if we set these goals for ourselves, then we would be determined to achieve it.
And experience has taught us that if we don't achieve our goals, then we will be disappointed and get disillusioned, and begin to lose motivation.
As the 1st reading puts it, even young men may grow tired and weary, and youths may stumble.
In the gospel, Jesus offers us a goal and a direction in life when He said: Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.
It also means to say that when Jesus is our final goal, then the other goals in life will find their fulfillment in Jesus.
It also means to say that if all our goals in life are not directed towards Jesus, then we will grow tired and weary and stumble whenever we face setbacks.
But when our goals in life are in Jesus and towards Jesus, then He will renew our strength and we will put out wings like eagles.