"Come to Me, all you 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." Matthew 11:28-30
What is Jesus saying? What is he asking of us? What is he offering us?
At base he is saying that we have been working under a teaching/philosophy/religion/way of life that has beaten us down. We are attempting to accomplish what is not possible for us to accomplish.
Paul wrote chapters and books about the impossibility of following the law. Paul also talks about Jesus doing all the work of faith in us, yet we still think it is all about us.
Is it pride? Or just arrogance? Are we misguided? Or just plain stupid?
That might sound harsh, maybe it is, but Jesus says his yoke is easy, his burden is light. We burden ourselves with guilt and regret. We think when we say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, even think the wrong thing that we are excluded from God's love. Jesus' teaching comes down to one word, love. Love for us. Love from us. When we love we follow God's plan. When we love we follow God's law. When we love we are loved by God. When we don't, God still loves us.
+ What laws do you always fail to follow?
+ Are they laws of love? Or are they laws of men?
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