Take MY Yoke Upon You

Hello! and happy good Thursday to all of us, GUYS.  For our "daily bread" today:

THE GOOD NEWS (14 July 2016)

"Come to ME, all you who work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh you.  Take MY yoke upon you and learn from ME for I AM gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest.  For MY yoke is good and MY burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30  

(Must we translate "learn from ME for I AM..." or "learn from ME that I AM..."?  The humility of JESUS reveals to us the humility of GOD who never seeks to put us down or intimidate us, but instead always wants to raise us to HIM.  Such humility does not prevent HIM from being GOD, and HE may exact everything from us because HE does not use external force: HIS influence reaches to the depths of our heart.  See Luke 10:21.

Come to me:  I will not relieve you of your load but by placing MY yoke on you, I give you the means of carrying the load.

JESUS plays with the two words yoke and load, for the Jews used to call "load" the divine teachings imparted to pupils, and yoke the balancing of the teacher's sentences, which should be learned by heart.

JESUS, the patient and humble teacher, enables us to see the mercy of GOD in our lives and in our own cross.  HE shows us the love of GOD even in the requirements of the Law.  Only GOD is Good; and good is the authority of CHRIST.)

On-Track