Matthew 11: 28-30 The Yoke of Jesus

Jesus said, "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." 

Yoke: Wooden frame placed on the backs of draft animals to make them pull in tandem. The simple yokes consisted of a bar with two loops either of rope or wood that went around the animals necks. More elaborate yokes had shafts connected in the middle with which the animals pulled plows or other implements.

Jesus invites us to join Him in His work. We are not working to get to Him, we respond to His call to join Him....to  be a part of something  far greater than ourselves...a life lived by the side of the ONE who bore OUR sins- and the sins of the entire world- on the wooden frame of Calvary, and who tells us that walking with Him means we will daily take up a cross ....yoked with Him..shoulder to shoulder.... but one day..this gentle, humble Jesus..will take the throne of David...the Promised Messiah...the Promised King....King Jesus!

"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation!" 

"Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken!" 

(Ps. 55:22, 68:19))