Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light. (Matt. 11:28–30) A yoke is something that is laid over the shoulders of two oxen. They bear the weight together. Christ’s invitation to us is greater. He will walk beside us and carry the weight. I used to question God when I met someone who was in as much pain as the mom who had recently buried her son. How could God allow
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Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light. (Matt. 11: 28– 30) A yoke is something that is laid over the shoulders of two oxen. They bear the weight together. Christ’s invitation to us is greater. He will walk beside us and carry the weight. I used to question God when I met someone who was in as much pain as the mom who had recently buried her son. How could God allow these things to happen? I struggled because I used my human understanding to try to understand the divine plans and ways of God. I’ll never know enough about Him this side of eternity to make everything crystal clear. So I don’t question anymore. Instead, I pray for them, often with tears running down my face, and I worship God in that sacred space of not understanding. That may seem like a strange response. It could come across like a cultlike obedience that’s out of touch with reality. Far from it. For me, there is no greater reality than the love and faithfulness of God. I don’t always see God’s hand in a heartbreaking situation but as the great preacher Charles Spurgeon wrote, “And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.”
