圣诞节前第六主日

当负我的轭

——马太福音十一章廿九节

    主从未应许他的儿女不挑重担，主所应许的安息也决非饱食终日，无所事事。

主所负的轭如此艰难，但他感到容易；主所担的担子如此沉重，但他感到轻省。因为他心里柔和谦卑，在父面前存心顺服，以至于死。在繁重的工作面前，我们往往感到劳苦，感到沉重，因为我们缺少主耶稣那样一颗顺服的心，那样一颗柔和谦卑的心。

我们应当来到主的面前，学习主自己的样式，不是为了卸下重担，而是把我们的工作当作主的轭重新负上。不求工作减轻，但求心灵深处得享因谦卑顺服而来的安息。一颗安息在神旨意中的心，能使我们像主那样挑起更重的担子，因为主的轭是容易的，主的担子是轻省的。

6th before Christmas

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you

  God has never permitted his children to avoid heavy burdens. The rest which God promises is certainly not one of full bellies and idleness.

  The yoke Christ bore was so difficult, and his burdens so heavy; yet he found the yoke easy and the burdens light because his heart is gentle and lowly. Christ was obedient before God unto death. Faced with our own load of work, we always feel that we have toiled so hard. We feel burdened, because we lack the obedient, humble and lowly heart of Jesus.

  We should come into God’s presence and learn from his example, not in order to put down our burdens, but to take them up anew as the yoke of God. We should not seek to lessen our work, but pray that in the depths of our souls we may enjoy the rest that comes from humble obedience. A heart that rests in the will of God is able to take up its burdens as Jesus did. This is what Christ meant when he said that his yoke is easy, his burden light.