YOKING WITH JESUS
Matthew 11:28: “Come to Me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Jesus knows what you carry inside your heart. Would you say that there are some problems hidden so deeply that you dare not release them to God because you like lugging worry around 24/7?
Worry is nothing to be proud of.
“Thank God that you’re okay. I was worried sick about you!” This worry declaration sounds like it came from a person who either has no faith in God or is insecure in Christ. In reality, worry isn’t a “badge of honor.” No one is grateful to worriers because worrying is a waste of time and energy. Worrying does no one any good.
The first heavy baggage that disappears from people who confess that they’re “the righteousness of God in Christ” is worry. God doesn’t want anyone to lug heavy burdens around in hearts that are already “sick with worry.”
Someone actually said to me once, “I have to worry, that’s my job as a dad. Worry shows my family how much I care.”
No. Worry just shows how weak of a Believer-in-Christ you are.
This is not to make light of people’s concerns. Naturally, people walk a trail of care. These are what Jesus offers to carry for Believers. For God never intended His kids to carry heavy burdens. So why don’t we yoke with Jesus to carry our burdens before they weigh us down?
Picture yoked oxen walking on a trail. Think of the larger ox as Jesus, whose harness rests most heavily on Him. The harness that yokes to you rests on your shoulders much lighter as you walk on the trail. But you barely feel its weight, because Jesus carries the bulk of the burden. “My yoke is easy and My burden light,” Jesus promises in Matthew 11:29-30.
Yoked oxen walk together every day—separated only by the length of the yoke harness. If the lead ox turns left, the junior ox turns left. If the lead ox stops, so does junior. Jesus wants us to walk that closely beside Him every day.
Then, we flow with Christ through whatever life brings. Yoking with Jesus brings us rest from worry and stress.
Whatever comes as a heavy burden is not from God!
Take Home Nugget
Flowing with Jesus this way is not hard because He will not lay anything on you that is ill-fitting or too hard to carry. When Believers flow with Jesus this way we discover that things fall into place. We won’t be weighed down. We won’t be anxious. We won’t stress.
We won’t worry!
Thank You Jesus, for offering Your followers this “lite” way to yoke every problem with You!
Adapted from “Life with God is Easy and Light” by Joseph Prince. August 20, 2016. www.JosephPrince.org
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