08/22/2025
You probably have a laundry list of responsibilities, and the weight is exhausting and crushing. You’ve been given a beautiful life to steward, but how can you hold it all?
Jesus offers a better way. Through the Gospel accounts in Scripture, we see how He handled overflowing responsibility:
“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed” (Mark 1:35).
If anyone had a reason to feel mentally ragged or to rush around in anxiety over a never-ending to-do list, it would have been Jesus. Yet He made the time to prioritize the presence of God.
This choice didn’t mean that He was weak but that He was strong. It wasn’t because He couldn’t keep up with His tasks but because He wanted to keep up with His Father first. Jesus was strengthened by regular communion with God. His responsibilities were not an excuse to move further away from the most important relationship but rather to move closer.
There is much blessing in life that can only be experienced when we live from a place of rest and solitude fueled by regular time in God’s presence. Our Savior shows us that our limits are gifts, and only through time spent with Him can we be equipped to overflow with His fullness in every other area of life.
Friend, there is grace anew each day. Seek out regular checkpoints throughout your busy days to say a prayer, recite Scripture through stress, or absorb God’s Truth on a break or while your children play. The closer and more consistently we walk with Jesus, the less overwhelming the mountain ahead of us will feel.
-Tara Sun
Identify one thing that is currently overwhelming you. Often the things that overwhelm us or give us anxiety are the things that hinder us from resting in Christ.