"Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."

Matthew 11:29-30 NLT

I wonder what "yoke" (a wooden bar that joins two bullocks together so that they can work together) Jesus wanted his listeners to put down? 

He says "let me teach you" which would seem to put his teaching, his way, his yoke, to be in contrast to the religious teachers of the day who's "yoke" was heavy. 

Jesus is the way of lightness, of less weight, less burden.

I wonder what yoke Jesus would be contrasting with us today?

With you?

Where would he be saying come with me where the lightness is, where all that burden and heavy stuff that you think you must do to be accepted, acceptable, is not needed?

What if success was not the burden our culture places on us?

Jesus wants to walk with us, to be yoked together in lightness, in his enoughness. 

Because we're his beloved. 

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