My Burden is Light

Imagine a child walking down the road pulling a wagon behind him, slowly collecting rocks. Bit by bit he collects more and more, and the wagon gets heavier and heavier to pull. He might have started out with one or two rocks, but eventually he gets to a point where it is completely full. He tries to pull it farther down the road but it is just too heavy to go any farther. Without help, there is no way that the young man could haul them home. So then the child goes back home and asks his dad for help. His dad then comes with a pickup truck and takes those rocks and puts them into the back of the truck bed, and the son jumps into the passenger seat. The dad just took all of that burden and made it easier for his son. 

That is what Jesus did for us. Instead of having to struggle under the Law, the pages and pages of them that we would have to do, Jesus comes and takes it all away. Just like the young child, we cannot get to Heaven on our own through the Law. We need help, and it is found in Jesus.

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

In life, there is always a hard way to do things, and an easy way. Someone can dig a basement with shove and take a couple weeks, or they can hire a backhoe and be done in a couple hours. You can cut down a tree with an axe, or you can use a chainsaw. 

When Jesus died, He took away the entire Judaic Law, and made it easier for us. No longer is it a sin to eat pork, or do we have to observe certain days of the month. Instead, what does He tell us to do?

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 

This is the first and great commandment. 

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

Love God and love thy neighbor as thyself. That’s not so hard is it? 

No one could keep the Law, so Jesus came to the earth and did it for us. He took that burden away and made it easier. That is what the Jews need to realize. They cannot keep the law perfectly. They need to let Jesus make it easy for them.

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

In Christ,

Andrew

(Andrew is no longer a part of this ministry, as he purposely lied, deceived me, and then betrayed me. These were not innocent mistakes but they were carefully planned out beforehand, and the clear markings of the works of the devil. Lying is one of the worst sins of all, because those involved with these types of work will inherit the lake of fire. I loved him dearly, but his love for the teachings of Christ abandoned Him. I baptized him by submersion over 25 years ago, gave him Holy Communion and biblical instruction regularly, but then he chose to do things that completely deny the things I ever taught him. The actions that he took were done willfully and with intent and go completely against many of the things that he speaks about in his writings. What he is now no longer represents the things that I believe, and I’m just letting you that he’s no longer a part of this ministry. Although many of these writings are helpful, they were written during a different time of his life because he completely abandoned this calling, and joined up with the world instead. Nothing can dictate Our lives more than a love for Christ Jesus and being chosen to His service, because every other matter will have to take second place. But he chose to forsake the plow, and renounce his duties, because the love for other things in this world became greater then the things of God.)