https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
“When will You comfort me?” [Psalms 119: 81-88] Have you ever felt the limitations of your patience? Therefore, have you ever prayed to God, 'O God, how long must I endure this affliction?' The longer we are in pain and adversity, the more we feel the limits of our patience. At that time, we cry out to God, asking, "How long?" The psalmist in Psalms 119 today cried out to God like that. Although he prayed to God for His salvation in hope of the Word of God but didn’t receive any answer of his prayer even in waiting in expectation, he cried out to God like this: “My eyes fail with longing for Your word, While I say, "When will You comfort me?” (v. 82) I would like to think about two things “Limitation of Endurance” and “Challenge of Endurance" under the title of “When will You comfort me?” First, let’s think about the limitations of endurance. Look at Psalms 119:81-21: “My...