Humble Hero

How His Yoke Makes the Work Easy

The yoke is placed on the oxen to help them in pulling the load, to lighten the burden. This is also true with the yoke of Christ. When our will is swallowed up in the will of God, we will find life’s burden light. Whoever walks in the path of God’s commandments walks with Christ, and in His love the heart finds its rest. When Moses prayed, “Show me now Your way, that I may know You,” the Lord answered, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:13, 14. HH 149.6

Those who take Christ at His word and surrender their lives to His plans will find peace. Nothing the world does can make them sad when Jesus makes them glad by His presence. “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3. HH 150.1

Our lives may seem tangled, but as we submit to the wise Master Worker, He will bring out the pattern of life and character that will be to His own glory. And this life that expresses the glory—the character—of Christ will be received into the Paradise of God. HH 150.2

As we enter into rest through Jesus, heaven begins here. We respond to His invitation, “Come, learn from Me,” and so we begin the life eternal. Heaven is a constant approaching to God through Christ. The more we know of God, the more intense our happiness will be. As we walk with Jesus in this life, we may be filled with His love, satisfied with His presence. All that human nature can bear, we may receive here. HH 150.3