If you wish to read the text click here: Isaiah 26,7-9.12.16-19; Mt 11,28-30
Jesus invites all those who are
burdened to come to him for rest. The burden in this context seems to be that
of the law and its obligations. When Jesus invites the burdened to take his
yoke, which is easy, he is not inviting them to a life of ease, but to a
deliverance from any kind of artificiality or the blind following of rules and
regulations. The disciple must learn from Jesus who is in Matthew “the great
teacher”. The rest that Jesus offers is the rest of salvation.
We can get so caught up today
with wanting to have more that we might lose sight of the meaning of life
itself. The desire to acquire more and more and be regarded as successful based
on what we possess sometimes leads to missing out on so much that life has to
offer.
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