Sabbath, April 23, 2022
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
-Matthew 11:29
If you are willing to learn meekness and lowliness of heart in Christ’s school, He will surely give you rest and peace. It is a terribly hard struggle to give up your own will and your own way. But this lesson learned, you will find rest and peace. Pride, selfishness, and ambition must be overcome; your will must be swallowed up in the will of Christ. The whole life may become one constant love sacrifice, every action a manifestation, and every word an utterance of love. As the life of the vine circulates through stem and cluster, descends into the lower fibers, and reaches to the topmost leaf, so will the grace and love of Christ burn and abound in the soul, sending its virtues to every part of the being, and pervading every exercise of body and mind (Letter 14, 1887). {5BC 1091.4}
Take hold of the arm of God, and say, “I am nothing, and Thou art everything. Thou hast said, ‘Without me ye can do nothing.’ Now, Lord, I must have Thee abiding in me, that I may abide in Thee.” Then advance step by step, by living faith abiding in Jesus Christ. This is wearing His yoke, the yoke of obedience (Manuscript 85, 1901). {5BC 1092.1}
Wearing the yoke with Christ, means to work in His lines, to be a copartner with Him in His sufferings and toils for lost humanity. It means to be a wise instructor of souls. We shall be what we are willing to be made by Christ in these precious hours of probation. We shall be the sort of a vessel that we allow ourselves to be molded into. We must unite with God in the molding and fashioning work, having our wills submitted to the divine will (Letter 71, 1895). {5BC 1092.2}
Heart Question: Have you learn how take the yoke of Jesus and learn more and more about Him? Are you asking for the Lord to give you that meekness and lowliness of heart? Are you will to overcome, pride, selfishness and ambition and take the will of Christ? Please prayerfully prayed and submit yourself to the divine will of God.
- Pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in your life so that you can wear the yoke with Christ, and your will, will becomes His will.
- Pray for the Christ meekness and lowliness of heart
- Pray for inclusion of persons with disabilities/possibilities in the ministries of local congregations
- Pray for the teachers in our schools more courage and faith in God