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Posted by HE LIVES (Member # 4931) on :

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 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.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I'm learning to take the yoke of Jesus and to learn of
Him as He asked, and it is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I tried the yoke of the world for many years and it broke me down as it took all that I had, and left me to die. Thank you Lord for picking me up and setting my feet on a solid path to You.

Lets talk about the Lords yoke

Jesus' way is simple, 'Come to me and I'll give you rest or a refreshing release!' He then says, 'Take my yoke upon you...' `Yoke' in the Greek is `zugos' which means 'a coupling or bonding'. Now, what does He mean by this?

First, let's consider what a yoke is and why it was used. In the days before automated farming with tractors and equipment, man used four-footed beasts to plow the ground for planting. Now, let's say you had two oxen. One was old and experienced and the other was a wild, young ox who ran around the pasture, doing its' own thing. To use them both for plowing, you would yoke them together with a fitted side-by-side harness made of wood. The constraints of the yoke would break the wayward ways of the young ox so he would learn to walk a steady path with the old ox.

When Christ said in this verse, 'Take my yoke upon you,' He was saying, 'Your lifestyle is getting you into all kinds of things that distract you and prevent me from freeing you from your chains. You need to be yoked and bonded to me.' The yoke is nothing more than the `spiritual disciplines' needed to break the wild ways of sin in your life and to help you walk the steady path of the Lord.

He's willing if you are, let go of the world and take His yoke upon yourself and learn of Him.

Your brother in Christ,
Chuck

Posted by TEXASGRANDMA (Member # 847) on :

Good teaching. You know the closer we get to God, the easier it is to leave the things of this world alone. It no longer becomes: what can I get away with, because sinful things lose their appeal for you.
betty

Posted by BORN AGAIN (Member # 5) on :

That was good. I do feel that the Lord and His Bible have "reigned me in" from being "somewhat out there" to being more "yoked" or "reined in" than I used to be. "Better behaved", I might say, as a result of being "yoked with Him and with His ways" (and the knowledge that I'm dealing with a living, watching LORD).

God bless, [Cross]

BORN AGAIN