There are days when life feels heavier than we can carry. The schedule is packed, the body is tired, the mind is restless. Even when we try to serve faithfully in our families, our work, or the church, exhaustion can creep in.
The Promise of Heaven
Yesterday, I taught the introductory class for a new quarter’s study on heaven. The key verse was Hebrews 13:14: “For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.” I challenged the class to commit that verse to memory. Heaven is not just our future home—it is the promise that shapes how we live today. For the Christian, heaven should never be an afterthought. It needs to influence how we live. When you’re tempted, remember where you belong. When you’re weary, remember the rest ahead. When you’re discouraged, remember the glory that’s coming.
This is especially true when life wears us down.
Weary Saints in Scripture
The Bible doesn’t ignore our weakness. David once said, “I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my bed and drench my couch every night” (Psalm 6:6). Elijah, after his great victory on Mount Carmel, collapsed under a broom tree and prayed that he might die (1 Kings 19:4). Even strong servants of God knew the weight of exhaustion.
The God Who Renews
But Scripture reminds us that God does not grow weary. “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding” (Isaiah 40:28). He is steady when we are shaky. He is strong when we are weak.
And He shares that strength with us. “He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless” (Isaiah 40:29). That’s why Isaiah concludes: “Those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31). Renewal doesn’t come from pushing harder but from trusting deeper.
Strength in Weakness
Paul echoed this truth: “Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). Outwardly, life wears us down. Inwardly, God builds us up.
And when Paul begged for his thorn in the flesh to be removed, the Lord replied: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Paul learned to see weakness not as defeat but as the doorway to God’s power: “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10).
The Rest Ahead
So if you are weary, you are not alone. God’s people have felt this way before, and God has always carried them through. Jesus Himself gives the invitation: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
Rest in Him. Trust His timing. Keep walking by faith. He will give you the strength to rise again—and the promise of heaven will be worth it all.
“For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.”
