Matt. 11:28 - Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt. 11:29 - Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matt. 11:30 - For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
It used to be my desire to be able to visit America for all the good things that have come out of this country. In fact, when I was much younger I used to dream of visiting this country. But all those natural and self-interest dream have died down since the past few years. There were times I would even grasped the opportunity to visit this country. But the Lord preserved me from all natural choices. When all such desires or dreams were dealt with, the Lord opened the door for me finally.
But there is no special excitement as such now. Even as I blog this on a flight from Dubai to Los Angeles, there is hardly any special feeling; to me it is just an ordinary flight as that of a domestic one in India. I am visiting USA just because the Lord has arranged it so. I do not know what has been reserved for me, but I do know I am visiting the saints in the Body for fellowship, blending, training and perfecting. No self-interest. I just commit myself to the Lord that His will be done, as He pleases.
Many times it is worth waiting for the Lord’s perfect timing and never grasp for anything. What the Lord has reserved is always the best. There is a true rest in trusting in the Lord. This is what the Lord meant subjectively when He said, "Take my yoke." Caring for the Father's will and submitting ourselves fully to Him is taking the Lord's yoke upon ourselves. What a peace and what a joy indeed!
When in the perfect will of the Lord, every thing falls in line, and one is in perfect peace with the Lord with much rest. Praise the Lord!
Lord, may I learn this lesson thoroughly well; taking your yoke.
Matt. 11:29 - Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matt. 11:30 - For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Footnote from the Holy Bible Recovery Version on "yoke."To take the Lord’s yoke is to take the will of the Father. It is not to be regulated or controlled by any obligation of the law or religion or to be enslaved by any work, but to be constrained by the will of the Father. The Lord lived such a life, caring for nothing but the will of His Father (John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38). He submitted Himself fully to the Father’s will (26:39, 42). Hence, He asks us to learn from Him.These verses in my time with the Word today became so fresh to me. When in the Father's will, the Lord works things out perfectly. No burden, no anxiety, no special feeling even. Just as any other ordinary day. Only that the Father's will be done, whatever it is.
It used to be my desire to be able to visit America for all the good things that have come out of this country. In fact, when I was much younger I used to dream of visiting this country. But all those natural and self-interest dream have died down since the past few years. There were times I would even grasped the opportunity to visit this country. But the Lord preserved me from all natural choices. When all such desires or dreams were dealt with, the Lord opened the door for me finally.
But there is no special excitement as such now. Even as I blog this on a flight from Dubai to Los Angeles, there is hardly any special feeling; to me it is just an ordinary flight as that of a domestic one in India. I am visiting USA just because the Lord has arranged it so. I do not know what has been reserved for me, but I do know I am visiting the saints in the Body for fellowship, blending, training and perfecting. No self-interest. I just commit myself to the Lord that His will be done, as He pleases.
Many times it is worth waiting for the Lord’s perfect timing and never grasp for anything. What the Lord has reserved is always the best. There is a true rest in trusting in the Lord. This is what the Lord meant subjectively when He said, "Take my yoke." Caring for the Father's will and submitting ourselves fully to Him is taking the Lord's yoke upon ourselves. What a peace and what a joy indeed!
When in the perfect will of the Lord, every thing falls in line, and one is in perfect peace with the Lord with much rest. Praise the Lord!
Lord, may I learn this lesson thoroughly well; taking your yoke.
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