His Yoke Is Easy

I have a picture I got from the fair of two oxen yoked together. I love that picture. It reminds me of one of my favorite passages:

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11: 28-30.

I like those verses because God is telling me I don’t have to work my tail off, He guides me through it. God does the work for us. The Holy Spirit works within us.

I wasn’t quite sure what a yoke was, until I saw the oxen at the fair. These two large beasts, had a large wooden yoke on them. There were two holes for them to put their heads through. The yoke forced them to work side by side, each pulling their own weight. The oxen are side by side. There isn’t one pulling the other. They are side by side.

And that’s how God says for us to live our lives on this planet. Walk side by side with him, as if we are yoked together. Not only that, he says His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He’s telling us He will do the work for us.

That picture that God gives us, eases my mind. He’s asking us/me to come to Him all of us who are weary and heavy laden. And the best part, He will give us rest. I long for that. As I’ve said, I’ve been struggling a lot lately and these verses lift me up.

I need to be yoked to God. I want to be yoked to God. Right now, I am not happy here. I know it has to do with hormones right now in my body. It also has to do with major changes in my life, besides just my body. I hate change. But big changes are happening. Whether I like it or not, things are changing.

The good effect in all of this, is I cling to God. And that’s where He says He wants all of His children, clinging to Him. So I’m happy to be yoked to God, because He says His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

So if you are struggling like me, God says to take His yoke upon you and His yoke is easy and His burden light. Think about that, Christian. Who better to be yoked to? I don’t think we will fail, if we are yoked to Him.