LISTEN
NASB:
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.
NIV:
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.
Observations:
We can take Jesus’ yoke upon us.
We can learn from Jesus.
Jesus is gentle.
Jesus is humble in heart.
If we take Jesus’ yoke upon us, we will find rest for our souls.
Jesus’ yoke is easy.
Jesus’ burden is light.
Takeaways:
A yoke is a crosspiece that holds two animals together as they plow a field. One cannot not do the work without being yoked to the other.
Jesus is offering us to be yoked to him, and if we are, we will find rest for our souls.
Jesus is gentle and humble in heart. His yoke is easy, and his burden is light.
