1) SUBMISSION. “Take My yoke upon you.” Coupled together to him, under obligation The Christian willingly submits to Jesus Christ as Lord and Master. “It is not in man that walks to direct his own steps.” “Not my will but Thine be done.”
2) OBEDIENCE: “And learn of me.” The yoke suggests submission to a master who must be obeyed. Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
3) SERVICE: “My burden is light.” Compared to the burden of our own, the yoke of the Lord is easy. But the very idea of a yoke is that of pulling a load, of work, of service. Christians are to be ministers-servants. “Work for the night is coming.”
4) FELLOWSHIP: “All ye that labor.” We are not alone in Christ, but serving alongside those of like precious faith. Paul spoke of his “loyal yokefellow.” A yoke harnesses two animals together so as to pull a load neither one could pull alone. “Bear ye one another’s burdens.”
As we follow Christ, let us take up our yoke as well as our cross, “serving the Lord.”
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