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His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Light
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surrender to Him. But unless they make this surrender, they cannot
find peace.
When we are born from above, we will have the same mind
in us that was in Jesus. Then we will not be seeking the highest
place. We will want to sit at Jesus’ feet and learn from Him. We
will understand that the value of our work is in proportion to how
much of the Holy Spirit we have received. Trust in God brings holier
qualities of mind, so that in patience we may possess our souls.
How His Yoke Makes the Work Easy
The yoke is placed on the oxen to help them in pulling the load,
to lighten the burden. This is also true with the yoke of Christ. When
our will is swallowed up in the will of God, we will find life’s burden
light. Whoever walks in the path of God’s commandments walks
with Christ, and in His love the heart finds its rest. When Moses
prayed, “Show me now Your way, that I may know You,” the Lord
answered, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:13, 14
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Those who take Christ at His word and surrender their lives to
His plans will find peace. Nothing the world does can make them
sad when Jesus makes them glad by His presence. “You will keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts
in You.”
Isaiah 26:3
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Our lives may seem tangled, but as we submit to the wise Master
Worker, He will bring out the pattern of life and character that will
be to His own glory. And this life that expresses the glory—the
character—of Christ will be received into the Paradise of God.
As we enter into rest through Jesus, heaven begins here. We
respond to His invitation, “Come, learn from Me,” and so we begin
the life eternal. Heaven is a constant approaching to God through
Christ. The more we know of God, the more intense our happiness
will be. As we walk with Jesus in this life, we may be filled with His
love, satisfied with His presence. All that human nature can bear,
we may receive here.
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