Daily Inspiration

“On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy. Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?” But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him. Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?” But they were unable to answer his question.” —Luke 14:1-6

How often does Christ reference the ox and the yoke? When Adam and Eve chose their will over God’s, they chose for all of mankind to become beasts of burden: “cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground.” – Genesis 3:17-19

God so loved His sons and daughters that He sent His Son into the cistern to lift off the yoke of oppression and carry it Himself. Yet the ox in the pit must follow the voice and direction of the Master, and choose to work with Him to be freed. Today, the Lord has given each son and daughter breath. He has lifted the yoke from me, and given me another chance to unite my sufferings to Jesus and follow Him in His work of salvation.

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