‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me.’ St.Augustine said we are not learning from Jesus how to refashion the fabric of the world, nor to create all things visible and invisible, nor to work miracles and raise the dead. Rather, we are simply learning from Jesus: 'that he is gentle and humble in heart.’ If we wish to reach high, then begin at the lowest level. If we are trying to construct some mighty edifice in height, we will begin with the deepest foundation. This is humility. The taller the building is to be, the deeper we will dig the foundation. The building in the course of its erection rises up high, but the one who digs its foundation must first go down very deep. The heaviest thing in the world is the ego, even though it is a bubble, made of nothing. Ego is what causes heaviness in our life. But when we attach ourselves with Jesus our ego breaks and disappears like a bubble.
We're strengthened by yoking ourselves to Jesus. To be yoked to Jesus means teaming up with him to love as he loves, to plow what he plows, and to go where he goes. Our burdens grow lighter as Jesus helps us pull the load. Our labors become causes for joy as he takes us in a different direction than where we were headed under the weight of anger and resistance and the illusion that life must be easy to be good.
To be meek means to be strong in the truth without forcing it upon anyone. Jesus is so strongly meek that he gladly pulls the weight of our heavy loads after we yoke ourselves to him. In this life of being united to Jesus, he challenges us to work harder. He exercises us while patiently waiting for us to build up our strength so that we can go farther in the work of his kingdom.
An anonymous ancient writer writes: “The burden of Christ helps the one who bears it, because we do not bear grace; grace bears us. It is not for us to help grace, but rather grace has been given to help us.”
Let’s pray to Jesus” Jesus meek and humble of heart, make my heart unto yours.
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