S. Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV) 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.”
O. Jesus invites His followers to replace a yoke of “human effort” or “works” with His yoke, “love, grace and truth - perhaps). What we learn from Jesus is that He exemplifies gentleness and humbleness of heart” . When we replace the work of human effort with the joy of of following Him, we find true fuflillment and purpose for our souls.
A. What a joy it is to follow the Lord Jesus. To walk with Him and to take His yoke - the yoke of letting Him lead us in gace and truth. When I do, he replaces the stress of life brought out by our efforts with gentleness and humbleness. The work of the ministry, Kingdom work can be challenging, but when we walk with Jesus closely and learn from Him, we can experience such rest and fulfillment for our souls.
P. Thank you Father for yor word. Thank you Lord Jesus for providing such a complete salvation. Thank you that we can remove or roll over whatever burdent of human effort that is stressing us and replace it with the yoke of following you, a yoke of grace and truth that produces a genteleness and humbleness in our soul. Holy Spirit fill me and guide me to continue to experience this gentleness and humbleness as I walk with the Lord Jesus. In Jesus’ name!
