Exodus 3:13-20 / Matthew 11:28-30
Most, if not all, of our problems arise from our disappointment and frustration.
That happens when things don’t go our way and when things don’t meet up to our expectations.
But when we reflect deeper about our problems, we may come to realise that those problems are actually created by ourselves.
We think our way is the best way, and we expect others to think like how we think, but when things turn out otherwise, we get flustered, disappointed and frustrated.
In the 1st reading, when Moses received the mission that God was sending him to, he may have been worried, and maybe even rather disappointed.
He was given no army to face up to Pharaoh, no weapons, and he may not even understand what the name of God means (I Am who I Am)
If Moses had continued thinking about his own worries, anxieties, apprehensions and expectation, he would have tired himself out.
So Moses had to go by faith and believe in God in order to carry out his mission.
When we find ourselves complaining about this and that, and getting flustered, disappointed and frustrated, we only tire ourselves out because our hearts become heavy.
Jesus calls out to us to come to Him and find rest.
In Him, our hearts will find peace and be at rest.
In life, that is what we really need.