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7 Bible Verses For The Weary To Study

7 Bible Verses For The Weary To Study

Last updated on: November 25, 2015 at 7:06 pm by Jack Wellman

7 Bible Verses For The Weary To Study 2015-11-25T19:06:28-06:00 Jack Wellman

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Here are seven Bible verses that speak to the weary of body, mind, spirit, and soul.

Isaiah 40:31 “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

The fact is that “Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted” (Isaiah 40:30) but not so for those who wait patiently upon the Lord. It’s a lot more restful to be waiting on God than trying to fix things ourselves. For one thing, those who do wait will have their strength renewed and only then can they can run and not grow weary and walk and not grow faint. That is only for those who wait upon the Lord, meaning they are trusting in the Lord to move in their life when God sees its best. We can rest in the fact that God is sovereign.

Revelation 2:3 “I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.”

Jesus is telling the church at Ephesus to keep enduring patiently and bearing up what they’re being persecuted for and we know it is “for my name’s sake.” Jesus notices that “you have not grown weary” but “are enduring patiently” and that is very high praise for any church, let alone any believer in Christ.

Matthew 11:28-29 “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Can you see the mental image of these two verses? Here Jesus is telling everyone who’s got a heavy burden and laboring with difficulty to come to Him and He “will give you rest.” That rest is not possible until a person repents and trusts in Him for if they don’t trust in Him, why would they ever come to Him and why would they ever “find rest for [their] souls” in someone they don’t believe in? He is gentle and lowly (or humble in heart) today but later, He comes back as an avenging Judge of Righteousness, the Lion of Judah (Rev 20:12-15). That is why it is best to believe in Him today, while it’s still called today (2nd Cor 6:2).

Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

Paul wrote something very similar to the church at Thessalonica, writing “As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good” (2nd Thess 3:13). Have you been doing a lot of good things for Christ? If you read Matthew 25, you can see all of the things that we can do for others that Jesus sees it as having done it for Him (Matt 25:40). Those good works for Christ’s glory can make us tired at times because no one seems to even notice what we’re doing, no one might ever thank us for what we’re doing for Christ, and we might grow weary in doing so much good that we might seek to just quit. Don’t do it. You are doing good works, not for a human audience, but for an audience of one and that is God.

Hebrew 12:3 “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.”

If we think long and hard enough about just what Jesus had to endure for us, it might make it easier for us to endure what we’re going through right now. What we can do right now is “run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Heb 12:1b-2). That is, we should keep our eyes on the prize or the Prince waiting for us at the finish line.

Proverbs 3:11-12 “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.”

This verse is quoted by the author of Hebrews where he writes “And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him” (Heb 12:5). He wants us to remember that discipline is associated with love, just as a father loves his child enough to discipline them. We shouldn’t grow weary with the Lord’s chastening for in this He shows we are His own children and that He loves us enough to help train us.

Psalm 6:6 “I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.”

So what did the psalmist do about this weariness? He wrote that “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer” (Psalm 6:9). He had confidence that God would hear him in his weariness and moaning. Elsewhere, the psalmist writes that “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18) but God resists the proud of heart (James 4:6).

Conclusion

If you are weary, then think of this; you are not placing your burdens on Jesus’ shoulders. You are growing weary being in your own strength. You are not waiting upon Him patiently. You are not looking at Jesus’ suffering and considering what He went through for us, and you are not realizing that He hears your cries and will draw near to you. Never let us grow weary of doing good because “in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (Gal 6:9b).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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