"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me..." "...If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." "He must increase, but I must decrease." "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers..."
We're supposed to be carrying crosses and yokes, not "backpacks."
Crosses reveal what is being carried. Crosses are the loads God has given us to carry.
Yokes lighten the load of what's being carried. Taking God's yoke upon us makes our load easier to carry.
Backpacks conceal what's being carried. Backpacks carry stuff we've put in them, perhaps secret sins, maybe even stuff --which in themselves appear good-- that elevate us, rather than our Lord Jesus Christ. Stuff that we have no business carrying.
We must remember to get the correct yoke, as well; for the wrong one will ease the wrong load on us and lead to disaster.
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We get our minds so occupied with our cloaks of doctrines and wrap ourselves so tightly in them, that God just comes along with a little test and totally exposes our souls.
When we get to heaven, I just can't seem to imagine (yes, I know, it's imagination at work!) but I just cannot seem to think that God is going to sit across from us and say, "So, what did you hold about "such-and-such" doctrine?" No! I can imagine Him saying, "So, let's talk about My Son..."
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May God align me to Himself as He brings facts to my soul, which examine my beliefs, perceptions, insights, assumptions, and suppositions of Him.
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As believers, we should "be ecstatic" that God is the Righteous Judge! In the day when God sets right every wrong, it will be fair, right, and just.
jfn - 9/23/2011
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