Thinking back on my days as a teenager, all I can say is gone are the days when life was simple. Technological advances such as smart phones, tablet computers, social networks, and electronic reading devices have caused our way of life to take a quantum leap. Only God knows where the future will take us. It’s a job just trying to stay in touch with and remain functional in today’s ever-changing world.
Moreover, it should not be hard to understand that in America where unemployment continues to hover at 9 percent or better, many Americans are weary in their struggles in life. So how can we answer the demands and the pressures of life and not burn out in the process?
Jesus gives us a recipe for how to find rest for our weary souls: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls,” He said (Matthew 11:29).
Imagine if Jesus came into our world today, and He had the same mission on earth that He had nearly 2000 years ago. I submit to you that He would overcome all the distractions of life and still get the mission accomplished. How? Because during His public ministry, He made Himself one with the Father, and in turn God showered everything He did with grace and heaven’s help.
That brings us to the significance of Jesus referring to a yoke in the verse above. You see, the effect of yoking two animals together is that they can then operate as one. When they learn how to do that, the load is much lighter for both of them. What Jesus is telling us to do is to symbolically yoke ourselves with Him. In doing so, we will learn how to walk in Jesus’ footsteps. In turn, our load will become lighter because Jesus will bear the bulk of our load. “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light,” He says (verse 30).
OK, so how do we symbolically yoke ourselves with Christ? By studying the Bible, and learning His ways, and allowing His ways to become our ways. I am convinced that the more we learn how to walk in Jesus’ footsteps, and the more we become one with how He walked while He was on earth, totally trusting the heavenly Father, the more we will experience rest for our souls, and the less stress we will experience in our life.
There's a lot about the hand we have been dealt in life that we cannot change. We have to do what we have to do. But in the process, the Lord wants to give us rest for our weary souls. The secret is to “take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.”
Copyright © 2011 by Frank King. All rights reserved.
Moreover, it should not be hard to understand that in America where unemployment continues to hover at 9 percent or better, many Americans are weary in their struggles in life. So how can we answer the demands and the pressures of life and not burn out in the process?
Jesus gives us a recipe for how to find rest for our weary souls: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls,” He said (Matthew 11:29).
Imagine if Jesus came into our world today, and He had the same mission on earth that He had nearly 2000 years ago. I submit to you that He would overcome all the distractions of life and still get the mission accomplished. How? Because during His public ministry, He made Himself one with the Father, and in turn God showered everything He did with grace and heaven’s help.
That brings us to the significance of Jesus referring to a yoke in the verse above. You see, the effect of yoking two animals together is that they can then operate as one. When they learn how to do that, the load is much lighter for both of them. What Jesus is telling us to do is to symbolically yoke ourselves with Him. In doing so, we will learn how to walk in Jesus’ footsteps. In turn, our load will become lighter because Jesus will bear the bulk of our load. “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light,” He says (verse 30).
OK, so how do we symbolically yoke ourselves with Christ? By studying the Bible, and learning His ways, and allowing His ways to become our ways. I am convinced that the more we learn how to walk in Jesus’ footsteps, and the more we become one with how He walked while He was on earth, totally trusting the heavenly Father, the more we will experience rest for our souls, and the less stress we will experience in our life.
There's a lot about the hand we have been dealt in life that we cannot change. We have to do what we have to do. But in the process, the Lord wants to give us rest for our weary souls. The secret is to “take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.”
Copyright © 2011 by Frank King. All rights reserved.
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