As we read through the word of God we discover a pattern of God’s revelation to man. God is holy, just, and righteous. He cannot and will not tolerate sin. Over and over He makes this abundantly clear. We are dealing with a righteous God Who will punish sin.
Yet, it seems at least, that every time God talks about His righteousness and judgement He follows it with words of love and compassion. Here he talked about the great judgement on sin that He will exact, but then He offers an amazing invitation to all who labour and are burdened down by sin. As amazing as the offer is, it is also incredibly simple – “I will give you rest.” His yoke is easy, His burden is light.
There is no guarantee here that there will not be any problems. There is a promise that we have an eternal hope to carry us through those times. Later on we find out that even in the most troublesome times Jesus is praying for us and that He is with us to share the load with us. We are yoked with Him when it seems our load is heaviest. Therefore we can find rest, even when the burden seems so heavy.
How do we apply this? We must have the faith to trust what God says and share the burden with Him.
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