My Yoke is Easy
By Stovall Weems
Matthew 11:30 (NLT)
30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.
The word “easy” simply means “fit for use” or “fits well.” Consider for a moment – in context, a “yoke” was used to harness one ox to another for working the fields. Jesus, being the master carpenter knew how to build well-fitted yokes that eased the burden on the oxen.
Why?
Because not only was he a carpenter, He was creator. He understood the muscular structure of oxen – every pressure point, every nerve, and how the oxen moved. He knew how to make yokes that fit while easing the burden.
Work was done – but the ox was never happier than when fitted by Jesus!
In our lives He does the same. God has linked us up together in ministry and does it in a way where the burden for our homes, our neighbors, our jobs, and our city fits us well. It fits our call, our gifts, our passions, and ultimately our church – all fitted together to bring in a great harvest for the Kingdom of God and shorten the line.
I feel privileged to be fitted together with you as your Pastor.
As we continue to pray in this season of prayer and fasting, I want to encourage you to allow God to fit you well for what He has in store for us together!
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You’re right. It has to be a nice fit. I was thinking about this one day . . . how God uses the irrevocable and indescribable gifts in the body to stir up and pour out into the empty bowl of the lost people. Winning souls is a must. Satan doesn’t even have a shot.
Did you ever wonder why one side is bigger than the other?
I think that’s where the ‘my yoke is easy’ portion comes in and that picture is a great illustration.
The larger side holds the larger already trained ox, the one ‘in training’ is basically attached to the other one and is taught how to walk a straight path to upturn the ground.
Plus the larger one absorbs most of the burden (weight) from the plow until the one in training is physically strong enough to do it on its own and then in turn do the same for another young ox.
So – “His yoke is easy and His burden light” really means He bears most of the weight until we can handle it ourselves.
After all God never puts more on us than we can bear, right ?
God is doing a work of true beauty in our Church family. As we see the Lord work in so many lives, He is reviving our hearts with a renewed passion for reaching people for Christ. Thank you Pastors Stovall and Kerri for your example and leadership. “Teamwork makes the Dreamwork”