Do you not know, or have you not heard? The Lord is the eternal God, Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint nor grows weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. Is 40:
Friends: God is good, all the time.
In the gospel today, Jesus throws the invitation to those who are burdened and need some form of rescue to come to him for help. Does Jesus have any basis for making such a claim? Can he truly lighten the heavy burdens people carry? Jesus' claim that he can lighten the burdens of people is justifiably embedded in his divine sonship. Because he is the son of God, there is nothing that is not in his power to accomplish.
Isaiah, in the first reading, assembles a host of reasons that justify Jesus's claim. God cannot be likened to anything he assures us: He is supreme over idols, nature, and humanity. Hence, only God can perform what idols, nature, or humans can't do.
Again, the prophet reminds us that God is everlasting, the creator, unwearied, and unsearchable. These attributes that put God above all nature, powers, and humans indicate that God can accomplish all things, making Jesus' claim once again rooted in truth. No religious or political leader can claim to do what Jesus can do.
Check and the gospel and notice how several times, we read about people who came to Jesus with various burdens and how he healed and sustained them. So, if Jesus is asking us to come to him with our burdens today, then trust him to come to your rescue, and waste no time.
Isaiah uses the rhetorical question," Do you not know, or have you not heard?" Thirteen times in his letters, Paul uses the same rhetorical question, “Do you not know?” What this question means is that "If we knew, we would act differently; if we know these things, our hearts” should be different towards Jesus. Prayer blessings: Father, may our hearts be drawn to you. Amen.