A reminder for
today
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew
11:28-30)
This morning we spoke to one of South Afrika’s top
bodybuilders and I soon realised we train to hard. We need to take time to
rest. But don’t we do that in life too. We work and work and soon work becomes
all we have, and we overwork without realising it. When you live in South
Africa you know what work is. We have to work twice as hard as ever before to
get somewhere. This burden that we have has increased in the last years with
all the laws that was passed and the constant crime and hate that drives the
bad ones to destroy us and everyone in their way. So, as a South African we understand
the words “heavily burden” very well.
But I am sure any Christian in the world will know how it
feels to be heavily burdened. In this life sin becomes one of the most
difficult burdens we carry together with all the rest that comes with living in
a world where Christians are hated and persecuted. What does Jesus say here in
Matthew 11 when He says that all of us that labours and all of us that is heavily
burdened must come to Him and He will give us rest.
Jesus continues to say that we must take His yoke (burden,
bondage) upon us for His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Jesus says that
we must accept Him as our saviour and in that we must trust Him. This is where
He takes our yoke and gives us His. His yoke is simply to trust Him and follow
Him. That is why He said learn from me for I am meek and lowly in heart. Jesus
is humble and ordinary, and He lived a simple life by giving His life for
other.
So, to take up His yoke is easy. The life lived by faith is
a much lighter yoke and a much easier burden to carry than the heavy and burdensome yoke
of self-righteousness under which we continually strive to make ourselves
acceptable to God through works. It is through trusting Him that we forget
about the world around us and we continue to focus on His word and His guidance.
This applies to us here in South Africa as we struggle through race-based oppression,
but I assume it applies in same way to you, because in the end it is all satan
and his plan to destroy all Christians. Therefore, replacing your yoke with trust
is simply taking fear out of the equation and replacing it by hope. Hope in God
and trust in His time and plan. He is coming.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
