Matthew 11:28-30

Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. These verses are like our verse from yesterday. When we first read them, they don’t make sense. But if we look a little closer, we see the truth in our verses. And the secret is in the word yoke. The yoke that Jesus was talking about was the yoke that was used to connect two oxen to the plow. One would pull on one side and the other would pull on the other. But often, the farmer would put a trained, hard-working ox on one side of the yoke and a young, inexperienced calf on the other side. The purpose was to train the young calf. The calf would fight the harness and struggle. But the stronger, more mature ox would just go about his work. Soon the young calf would be trained by the older ox. But for a while, the older ox would have to struggle with the younger calf and pull both of their loads. The older oxen was actually carrying the younger one along. And so it is with us and our Savior. If we will just cooperate with Jesus, He will help us in our spiritual journey. He will teach us and train us – that is if we will let Him. But even if we struggle against Jesus and His ways, He will lead us along with His strong control. But, as our verses say, If we will but let Jesus have control, His way is easy; His work is easy. Jesus Himself will do all of the work. We just need to let Him do it. We just need to surrender to Jesus. After all, His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.