Matthew 11:29-30 (NET) - Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.
People in my part of the world recently set our clocks back one hour.
I am still getting accustomed to the time change,
Frankly, I wish we could leave the time alone rather than change it twice each year.
It always takes time for me to adjust to the new time.
I find the time change this time of year particularly unsettling.
That is human nature.
By the time I have finished my workday the sun is already in the process of setting.
In practically no time at all, nightfall sets in.
With things still left to be done, it can be hard to get motivated to do these things after dark.
That is why I love these words from Jesus at this time of year.
He reminds us that our load does not have to be heavy.
That is because the work He gives us is easy to bear.
Furthermore, He reminds us that we can still find rest.
How can a load, any load, be easy to bear?
We find this in His answer to a Pharisee also found in Matthew’s gospel.
Matthew 22:37-39 (NET) - Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
In the end, it does not matter that it gets dark shortly after the workday ends.
We not only have Christ’s words. we have His example.
When the work we do expresses our love for God and neighbor, the load is easy to bear.
This even applies to the work we refer to as our profession.
This also makes the rest we find afterward true rest.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
Look for me at https://otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com/ on
Friday, November 6, 2020.
I’ll be back here on Friday, November
13, 2020
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