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The Easy Yoke
The story is told of a man who was carrying a heavy basket some distance down a country road. His young son, who was with him, offered to help. After some hesitation, and due to the persistence of the lad, the father cut a large stick and placed it through the handle of the basket so that the end toward himself was very short, while the end toward the boy was three or four times longer. Each took hold of his end of the stick, and the basket was lifted and carried easily.
The son was bearing the burden with the father, but he found the work easy and light because the father assumed the heavier end of the load. So it is when we live for Jesus Christ. He says, “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. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:29-30).
There are burdens to bear and trials to face in the Christian life. But we can go through it all knowing that there is nothing that we have to bear alone, and we are encouraged, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22).
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