Breath of Power - Week 36/05

Week 36: September 04 - 11, 2005

COME TO ME Part 2

Key Passage: Matthew 11: 28 - 30

“Come to Me …. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ‘For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.’” Amp B

Jesus is the Son of God. He came into the world as a man, but lived in absolute victory over sin, Satan and the world. He was most humble, gentle and kind, but exercised mastery over the powers of darkness and the powers of nature that even the wind and the sea obeyed him. He was tempted on every side, but he did not sin. He was opposed, abused and falsely accused and yet he did not retaliate. He was humiliated, brutally beaten and wrongly condemned to be crucified, but he forgave his persecutors. He died and was buried, but he rose again on the third day to demonstrate his Lordship over the living and the dead. He ascended into heaven and reigns, seated at the right hand of God. He is the one calling you to come to him, take his yoke on you and learn from him.
A yoke is a wooden bar that holds a pair of oxen together by the neck as they pull the plow. The yoke makes the oxen to share the burden of their labor and helps synchronize their movement as they work. That yoke represents submission to the will of God which is also typified by the cross of Christ.

Jesus is calling you to be the other pair in his yoke so that you and he can pull together in the labor of life. His yoke is easy (wholesome and easy to be borne -Amp B) because he pulls it with you. Life on the earth is full of uncertainties, and many life storms arise unannounced. You need a Helper and Partner who overcame every trial, provocation, affliction, and even death, and remains alive and victorious. He is saying, “Come to me! Take my yoke on you and learn from me.”

The emblem of Christ is humility and obedience. He was gentle, lowly and loving. He lived his life in service and gave himself as a sacrifice to others. What a wonderful example for our imitation. He told his disciples, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Mk 8:34).

At the end of his life on earth, God exalted him to the highest Heaven and set him on His right hand. That same wonderful rest and rapture Jesus promises, both in this world and in the world to come, to all who are yoked together with him - for “if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory” (Rom 8:17 BBE).

Pray: Lord Jesus, I surrender my life in obedience to you. Stand by me, and help me to overcome the storms of life.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 36: September 04 - 11, 2005 COME TO ME Part 2 Key Passage: Matthew 11: 28 - 30 “Come to Me …. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ‘For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.’” Amp B Jesus is the Son of God. He came into the world as a man, but lived in absolute victory over sin, Satan and the world. He was most humble, gentle and kind, but exercised mastery over the powers of darkness and the powers of nature that even the wind and the sea obeyed him. He was tempted on every side, but he did not sin. He was opposed, abused and falsely accused and yet he did not retaliate. He was humiliated, brutally beaten and wrongly condemned to be crucified, but he forgave his persecutors. He died and was buried, but he rose again on the third day to demonstrate his Lordship over the living and the dead. He ascended into heaven and reigns, seated at the right hand of God. He is the one calling you to come to him, take his yoke on you and learn from him. A yoke is a wooden bar that holds a pair of oxen together by the neck as they pull the plow. The yoke makes the oxen to share the burden of their labor and helps synchronize their movement as they work. That yoke represents submission to the will of God which is also typified by the cross of Christ. Jesus is calling you to be the other pair in his yoke so that you and he can pull together in the labor of life. His yoke is easy (wholesome and easy to be borne -Amp B) because he pulls it with you. Life on the earth is full of uncertainties, and many life storms arise unannounced. You need a Helper and Partner who overcame every trial, provocation, affliction, and even death, and remains alive and victorious. He is saying, “Come to me! Take my yoke on you and learn from me.” The emblem of Christ is humility and obedience. He was gentle, lowly and loving. He lived his life in service and gave himself as a sacrifice to others. What a wonderful example for our imitation. He told his disciples, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Mk 8:34). At the end of his life on earth, God exalted him to the highest Heaven and set him on His right hand. That same wonderful rest and rapture Jesus promises, both in this world and in the world to come, to all who are yoked together with him - for “if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory” (Rom 8:17 BBE). Pray: Lord Jesus, I surrender my life in obedience to you. Stand by me, and help me to overcome the storms of life. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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