Have you ever tried to move something heavy? It’s hard!
Sometimes, life gives us a heavy load. Things happen, and we are left burdened. We work hard to manage. We “labor and are heavy laden.”
Did you know you don’t have to carry that heavy load alone?
Jesus offers us help.
Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
The image of Jesus’ invitation is of oxen being yoked together. One ox can carry a load, but it has its limits. But when you yoke two oxen together, the heavy work gets easier, and the load gets lighter.
Jesus offers to partner with us and help us carry the load.
We have heard, “One chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight.” — Deuteronomy 32:30
And,
9 Two are better than one,
Because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who isalone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm;
But how can one be warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NKJV
As we can see, we can accomplish so much with a companion; how much more can we achieve by being yoked with Jesus?
I want to challenge you to accept Jesus’ invitation and get “yoked up.”
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