Finding True Rest Through Returning to Jesus, the Living Water

Rachel Wierenga begins with a familiar question from her husband, “Can that wait for tomorrow?”, and admits that a full life of good roles, from motherhood and marriage to ministry and running, can still leave a person weary and empty. She observes that many believers have come to see rest as something to earn, a block of time banked for a vacation, rather than a gift from the Creator that draws us back to Him.

She describes how Scripture reshaped her thinking about rest. Tracing the theme through the Bible, from God’s own rest after creation to the Sabbath and the promised land, she argues that rest is far larger than a short break. In Jesus, she writes, believers are invited into a rest that the Sabbath alone could not provide, a rest that already reaches those who trust Him and points toward the eternal rest to come.

Using the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4, the author shows Jesus as the Living Water who satisfies in a way no other source can. She notes that the woman left her water jug behind after meeting Jesus, and she suggests that Christians likewise find that nothing else can truly fill or sustain them. Rest, in her view, comes through an ongoing relationship with Jesus rather than only through a weekly day off.

Practically, she encourages readers to find a sustainable rhythm that keeps returning them to Christ, pursued through Scripture reading, prayer, and speaking about Him to others. She suggests asking God what might be set down in a busy season. She closes by answering her husband’s question: yes, it can wait, because she needs to seek Jesus and rest in Him today.

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