“Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’” Mark 4:38 NIV
Have you ever been so exhausted that you can sleep through anything? A violent thunderstorm just outside your window doesn’t even make you flinch, if you do hear it, it is music to your ears. Spending the night in unfamiliar surroundings with strange noises have no effect on you, it is as if you are in the comfort of your own bed at home. You are beat down tired, weary, exhausted, and you are looking only for a place to rest. You are not concerned with the accommodations for you have found, what you are looking for is a resting place.
Our Lord Jesus found such a place. The occasion is recorded for us in the gospel of Mark. One evening after a long day of teaching, Jesus and His disciples left for the day. They got into a boat and proceeded to cross over the Sea of Galilee. It was customary to keep a pillow under the coxswain’s seat. One can imagine Jesus in his weariness spotting that pillow and grabbing it for the trip across the sea. It is hard for us at times to remember that Jesus Himself got weary. After all He is God the Son, but He was also a man. Fully God and fully man, the God-man. Jesus experience physical weariness and exhaustion as we all do.
This should serve as a comfort to us in our exhausting moments. Jesus knows firsthand how it feels to be worn-out and tired, He’s been there. But not only does He feel your pain, He is able to do something about it. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Are you tired, weary, and in need comfort and rest? Reach out to Jesus who will hand you the pillow from His coxswain’s seat, for He is navigating the boat, ‘Your Resting Place.’.
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