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to learn; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” The
Lord never makes a false estimate concerning His heritage. He
measures the men with whom He is working. When they submit to
His yoke, when they give up the struggle that has been unprofitable
for themselves and for the cause of God, they will find peace and
rest. When they become sensible of their own weakness, their own
deficiencies, they will delight to do God’s will. They will submit to
the yoke of Christ. Then God can work in them to will and to do of
His good pleasure, which is often entirely contrary to the plans of
the human mind. When the heavenly anointing comes to us, we shall
learn the lesson of meekness and lowliness, which always brings
rest to the soul (
The Review and Herald, October 23, 1900
).
Christ’s Yoke Never Galling
—Your work is not to gather up
burdens of your own. As you take the burdens that Christ would
have you, then you can realize what burdens He carried. Let us study
the Bible, and find out what kind of yoke He bore. He was a help to
those around Him. He says: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls.” You see there is a yoke to bear. Now this is the
very faith that we want—a faith that will grasp the promises of God,
one that will take the yoke of Christ and bear the burdens that He
would have us. We often think we are having a hard time in bearing
burdens, and it is too often the case, because God has not made any
provision for us to carry these burdens; but when we bear His yoke
and carry His burdens, we can testify that the yoke of Christ is easy
and His burdens are light, because He has made provision for these.
But when you feel depressed and discouraged, do not give up the
battle; you have a living Saviour that will help you, and you will
have rest in Him. You must not put your neck under the yoke of
fashion, and yokes that God has never designed that you should bear.
It is not our work to study how to meet the world’s standard, but
the great question with each one should be, How can I meet God’s
standard? Then it is that you will find rest to the soul; for Christ has
said, “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
When you have a yoke that is galling to the neck, you may know
it is not Christ’s yoke; for He says His yoke is easy. What God