and you will find rest for yourselves.
Where?
Come to me
We must come to Jesus to find rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
We wear many yokes. We serve many different people, ideas, and desires of the flesh. These yokes exhaust us. It is not a matter of bearing no burden at all. That is impossible. As Dylan sings, "You're gonna have to serve somebody." Rest can be found in choosing the yoke of Jesus Christ. We choose him and learn from him how to live with rest amid the wearisome world that surrounds us. We imitate his meekness and humility and discover a yoke that is truly easy and a burden that is truly light. We tend to rebel because we've never experienced a burden that is light in this way. We've never been refreshed by taking on a yoke. But Jesus is different.
They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength,
they will soar as with eagles' wings;
They will run and not grow weary,
walk and not grow faint.
We have to trust him for this to work. This is the first step in taking on his yoke. We can't just do our own thing and then complain that God does not understand.
"My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God"?
He does understand. His gentle invitation to come to him lies open to us even at this very moment. Let us choose to accept it.
Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
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