Devotion
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The Promises of God: Part XII
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Jul 04, 2024
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"Come to Me, all you 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." Matthew 11:28,29
"Come to Me, all you 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." Matthew 11:28,29
Many labor under a cruel taskmaster, the flesh, that makes our labor burdensome, not our earthly job, although that can be a burden too, but our walk in this life with Jesus. Jesus used the example of a yoke to illustrate our co-union with Him, when two oxen are yoked together, they both are led in the same direction.
When we are yoked with Christ our labor becomes His labor and our load is lightened. When we walk in the flesh our life is at times hard and our path is crooked but when we walk in the Spirit yoked to the Lord Jesus our path is straight and our way is smooth. For those who are led by the Spirit, they are sons of God.
This is not to say that our life will always be without trials and tests but when we walk through them, we are holding Christ's hand, yoked to Him in communion and at rest from fear, doubt, and unbelief.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish. Galatians 5:16,17
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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