This week we begin worship with:
Come to me, all 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.”
My brother-in-law is a plumber. While a plumber must study to pass the licensure, they apprentice under a master plumber to learn the tricks of the trade. When he sees my feeble attempts, I often hear the phrase "Work smarter not harder" and then he shows me how it is done.
But what burden is light? What yoke is it that is easy? Doesn't Jesus know how hard my life is, my relationships are, my work is?
That is the point. He does and He wants to show us how to do it the easy way.
While most of us "strive" at work, and in our relationships, and at life in general. Jesus wants to show us the easy way, which is to be "gentle"/"meek" (praos) and "lowly" (tapeinos).
These are not complicated words, but how to apply them must be learned from the Master.
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