MATTHEW 11:28 - 30

Come to Me, all you who are who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light....

In these verses Jesus is telling us to come to Him if we are carrying heavy loads of cares and worries of this world...and He will give us rest...I've heard it taught that in the days of Jesus when men were teaching young oxen to work, they would hook up their yokes to an older, experienced ox, and he would do most of the work and pull and lead the other ox along teaching him the ropes...I think this is the example Jesus is referring to here when He tells us to take His yoke and He will guide and teach us...we are to learn from Him...Jesus describes His nature when He tells us He is gentle and lowly of heart. It is His servants heart that He displays throughout His ministry, which qualifies Him to be the one who bears our burdens...He tells us we will find rest for our souls when we do this. And then He tell us, His yoke is easy, and His burden is light...Jesus gives rest to all who belong and submit to Him...With Him we have not only a Savior, but a burden bearer. He will never give us a load to heavy to carry, for He WILL carry it for us....

In the troubled times we live in today, with the crumbling economy, and crime rampant and world wide chaos a fact of life, many people find themselves overloaded with troubles and worries and unrest...drug abuse is out of control as desperate people search for ways to cope....Belonging to a loving Savior, and an Almighty God Who is capable and willing to carry these troubles for us, is the ONLY answer...and if all of us who belong to Him could only remember and lean on this fact, how much easier it would all be when we find ourselves in overwhelming circumstances...His yoke is easy, and His burden is light....