Do you ever get to the point where you are just tired out? Not the good kind of tired after a workout or the irritable kind after staying up too late. I mean the kind of tired that seems to seep into your soul with a heaviness that doesn’t want to lift. Have you been there? I know I certainly have been. What if your weariness lays heavy because your trust and hope in God is low?

We live in an age where we’ve never had so much “knowledge.” Everything we need to know is one Google search or YouTube video away! There’s an app for that! The funny thing is that despite all of this knowledge, I think we all can look around and feel this deep sense that we are seriously lacking something.

Jesus knew that we are a people prone to doubt, prone to worry, and prone to letting the cares of this world drown out the melody of his grace. That is why, as he neared the end of his life, he began to assure his followers that it was better he go in order that the Holy Spirit could be poured out on God’s people.

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you have followed a news story or consumed a lot of social media and suddenly you’re all worked up over some issue? Have you ever gotten to the point where you’ve lost sleep over what you’ve watched or read? I think we can all get to a point where, if we’re not careful, we can lose perspective, even to the point of thinking that the world would be a better place if we just share our unique set of opinions!

How do we fight the monster of anxiety? Can we ever begin to quiet its ever present snarls? Is it possible to peel off its claws and find calm and confidence in the middle of chaos? Jesus says yes! And surprisingly enough, he commands it!