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.” ~Matthew 11:29-30 (NIV)
Jesus has given us a yoke.
A yoke has been a sign of submission
since the Babylonian captivity of the Israelites.
Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of
Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
This is what the Lord said to me: “Make a yoke out of straps and
crossbars and put it on your neck. Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab,
Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah
king of Judah. Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the
Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: With my
great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the
animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. Now I will hand all
your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. ~Jeremiah
27:1-6 (NIV)
God told Jeremiah to put on a yoke to
let Nebuchadnezzar know that Israel would now be in submission to the
Babylonians.
In the same way, the symbolic yoke in
Matthew means we are now in submission to Christ. He’s holding the reins.
We’re wearing the yoke!
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