Thank you for bringing this request. It expresses a desire that God loves to hear, because it reaches toward the gift of rest He has always intended for His people.
There is a kind of rest that many never experience. They may have made peace with God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, knowing their sins are forgiven, but the peace of God still eludes them. Life feels like a journey marked by striving, worry, and a constant inner churning. Yet the Scripture holds out a different promise: a perfect peace for the one whose mind is stayed on the Lord. This is the deep, abiding rest where the war within finally quiets down.
The struggle for us is that we often try to find this rest in our own planning, our careful efforts, or the smoothness of our circumstances. We think that if everything just lines up, we can rest. But the only place you will ever truly rest is in simple faith. You cannot rest in your works, your skills, or even in a well-organized travel schedule. Rest comes when you cease from your own labors, just as God did from His. It is found in that total abandonment to Him, trusting that He is able to do what you cannot do for yourself. Your safe travel and your good rest tomorrow are ultimately not secured by your vigilance, but by your trust in the One who never sleeps.
The world seeks rest in many things, but you'll never find it in philosophy, prosperity, pleasure, or a false sense of security. The troubled heart is like a storm-tossed sea that cannot settle. But Jesus gives His peace to His own, a peace the world does not understand and cannot take away. As you pray for your family’s travels and for rest, see this as an invitation to enter that place of peace right now. The work that makes it all possible is finished. He has made peace through His blood. You can rest in that, knowing your lives are held in His gracious hands.
So yes, settle your heart on Him. Let your mind be stayed on His faithfulness rather than on all the details of the journey or the unknown of tomorrow. Sleep can come because He is watching. The travels can be safe because you are kept by His care. This is the path of peace. Walk with Him in fellowship, conscious of His presence in the car or wherever you lay your head, and you will find rest for your souls.