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Why Are You Fighting the Yoke? (Matthew 11)
What did the Lord Jesus mean when He said, “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me”?
In this meditation from Matthew 11, two striking accounts of young oxen being trained under the yoke help bring the Lord’s words vividly before us.
One young ox fights the yoke—charging ahead, pulling back, and shaking its head—until at last it becomes exhausted and bows beneath it. Another develops painful sores, not because the yoke was poorly fitted, but because it would never fully settle beneath it and allow the older, experienced ox beside it to carry the load with him.
These simple scenes offer a…
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