The Yoke of Other People’s Needs
By J. H. Jowett, M. A.
WHEN a weary, selfish heart comes to the Saviour, the Saviour meets his need by saying, “Take My yoke upon you.” “But, Lord, he is tired and weary already; another yoke will crush him.” No, no; he has just been carrying himself, and himself only. But strange, too, it is that if he adds another burden, his own burden will become light. That is the mystery of grace, that the burdens of a selfish man are lightened by adding more. “Take My yoke upon you.” And what yoke is that, Lord? “The yoke of other people’s needs—the burden of the blind and the deaf, the lame, and the lepers—put them on to thy shoulders—take My yoke upon thee—increase thy burden, and thy burden shall become light, and instead of weariness thou shalt find rest.”—J. H. Jowett, M. A.