SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
OBSERVATION: There are so many good thoughts flowing from this passage. Here is one I have not used before. The nature of Jesus words are not given as a command, but as an invitation.
The farmer would place two oxen in the yoke then lead them off to work in the field. In this passage, Jesus is not putting the yoke on me; He is inviting me to take the yoke…to take His yoke!
APPLICATION: To take His yoke, I may need to shed other yokes that I have walked into, or others have placed on me. If the yoke I am in is causing me to be weary and burdened, I need to ask, “Lord is this the ministry you have for me?” The Lord’s yoke is for us should be a place of rest!
Sometimes I am in the right yoke but pulling ahead of the Lord. I feel like the whole ministry is depending on me. I must learn to stay in step with the Lord, for only then will the yoke be easy and the pull light.
Instead of working hard on my vision which I am doing for the Lord, I need to be working on HIS vision which I am doing WITH the Lord!
PRAYER: Lord, your call was not for Leon to work hard to see how successful Leon could be in working for you. Your call was for Leon to join in what You are already doing. I want to work in your yoke and keep in step with you. Amen
Pastor Leon
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