WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASSES RESUME TOMORROW AT 6:30 P.M.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Matthew 11:29, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
The yoke is what is laid upon two oxen.
How those oxen respond to that yoke makes all the difference.
They can resist the yoke, rubbing against it, trying to break away from it.
Then the yoke is harsh.
It is bitter.
It hurts.
But if the oxen simply submit to the yoke, all is well.
What is the yoke?
The yoke is what God has put on you.
He has prepared a unique yoke for you.
It may be your husband, your wife, your children, or your finances.
The yoke is the will of God in our experience.
How we respond to the yoke that God puts on us will make all the difference in how much our self will get dealt with.
Whether or not we take up the yoke–the calamities, the whirlwinds, the unexpected things that the Lord sends–determines whether our self gets dealt with or remains intact.
To take up this yoke means to willingly accept the environment.
This is crucial.
In Psalm 40:8 the Lord says through David in spirit, “I delight to do Your will, O my God.”
This means that we do not hold any reservation toward God and what He has allowed.
We do not hold the view that there is something better that could be measured out to us, or that God could work in a different way.
No! No! No! A thousand times no!
Your dear wife is the best that God could send you.
Your husband is the best that you could have.
The brothers and sisters you serve with are the best.
Everything is the best that it could be.
The Lord says, “Take My yoke.”
It is what He has laid “upon you.”
Take it upon you.
And after you have taken it, He says, “Learn from Me.”
He is saying, “Stay under it and start consulting with Me now.
You are under the yoke.
Do not resist it.
Do not try to get out of it.
Take it.
Accept it absolutely, just as I took the yoke.
I said, ‘Thank You, Father, for the rejection.
Praise You for the insults, and praise You for the lack of response.
Praise You for everything against Me, Father.
You are Lord of heaven and earth.
Thank You.
It seemed good in Your sight’ ” (Matt. 11:25-26).
The Lord took the yoke and praised and thanked the Father for it.
Now we take the yoke upon us and begin learning from Him.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
WEDNESDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
John McCain -Hospice
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
Heather May
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Janie Roberts
Jillian Gray
Joanie & Jeanie
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kathy Mabe
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher – Improving
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan – Success
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Lynn Garner
Marlon Cook
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Nancy Proudfit
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Pat Chupp
Ricky Gipson
Ricky Stubbs
Robbie Edwards
Rose Fuller – Rehab
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Tom Witcher