TAKING UP OUR YOKE
Lamentations 3:24-27
It is good for a man when he takes up
A yoke in his youth.
“He will sit alone and be silent,
Because he bears it on himself.
He will give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And he will be filled with insults.
Yet the Lord shall not reject him forever.”
Personal Challenge
Once again many of us miss an understanding of a passage like this one because we no longer live in a culture that is tied to an agricultural way of life. f we had a cow or an ox that we were raising with the intent of yoking them to a cart, we would start early in their life, putting a yoke on them. By doing this they become familiar with it and slowly become accustomed to its pressure and weight. Isn't this an image of the expected life of a Christian.The sooner we let God put on His yoke of obedience, or the cross that Jesus told us to take up and bear for Him, the sooner we begin to grow accustomed to carrying out cross through live. Jesus Christ, Son of God, hare mercy on me, the sinner!
No comments:
Post a Comment