Learn from the Meek and Lowly Lord by Taking His Yoke and Finding Rest for our Soul

We need to come to the Lord and learn from Him, for He is meek and lowly in heart, and we need to take His yoke upon us, and we will find rest for our soul; the way to find inward rest is to learn from the Lord according to His example by Him as our life in resurrection, and even our work for the Lord will be an enjoyment!

Amen, Lord, we come to You. As we toil, as we labour, and as we are so burdened, we just come to You! We come as we are, toiling and full of burdens. We open to You, Lord Jesus. We want to learn from You, for You are meek and lowly in heart. Amen, Lord, may we take Your yoke upon us so that we may find rest for our soul. Yes, Lord, grant us to have rest for our soul today! Amen!

As believers in Christ who love the Lord, pursue Him, and desire to be one with Him as we labour for Him in love, we many times find ourselves toiling and being burdened.

It is normal to find ourselves in this way; however, it is not normal to remain here and not to have Christ as our rest. The Lord Jesus was not a passive person; He was always active, but in everything He did, He obeyed the Father, took the Father’s will, and did the will of the Father.

Now we copy Him, for He is our pattern; we copy the Lord not by trying to imitate Him outwardly but by turning to Him and coming to Him so that He may live in us. We can be obedient to the Father and do the Father’s will only if we live by the divine life in us.

The Lord Jesus, who was obedient to the Father and did the will of the Father throughout His life, has given us His life of obedience and submission. In our spirit right now there’s another life, the life of Christ, which simply submits and obeys.

In ourselves we are rebellious, strong, and stiff-necked; when we turn to our spirit and live by the divine life, we will be submissive and obedient to God, and we will take the Lord’s yoke upon us.

The Lord invites us to come and join Him under His yoke; He wants us to be yoked together with Him so that we may do the will of the Father.

May we answer His call and may we come to Him, even be willing to take the will of the Father and do His will.

We as the many God-men follow the Lord Jesus, learn from Him, and copy His living in spirit so that we may have His life of submission being expressed through us.

On the one hand, we turn to Him and let Him be expressed through us. On the other hand, God is operating in us both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.

The Lord is Meek and Lowly in Heart: We Learn from Him by Taking His Yoke and we Find Rest

The Lord Jesus told us to come to Him and learn from Him, for He is meek and lowly in heart. What does it mean that He is meek and lowly in heart, and how can we learn from Him?

To be meek – or gentle – means not to resist opposition; to be lowly means not to have self-esteem. The Lord Jesus encountered a lot of opposition and persecution; throughout all the opposition He was meek, and through all the rejection, He was lowly in heart.

The secret is coming to the Lord, for He is meek and lowly in heart (Matt. 11:28-30). He did not resist those who opposed Him.

All kinds of bad names were thrown at Him, and He was given the most derogatory of names; yet His reaction was, Thank You, Father.

He had no self-esteem, no expectation to have a good name, and no expectation to be liked or appreciated by others.

The Lord Jesus is meek and lowly in heart. Throughout the opposition that He endured, He was meek; throughout the rejection, He was lowly in heart.

This doesn’t mean that He was passive or weak, so He couldn’t do anything; rather, in face of all these things, He was undisturbed inwardly.

The Lord was inwardly in full peace, because this is the will of God for Him at that hour. So He praised the Father, and He thanked the Father, giving Him praises and acknowledging His will, for this is what was on God’s heart.

Then, He gave the call to all His disciples, including us, who will share in the same destiny by following Him.

The Lord Jesus submitted Himself fully to the will of the Father, not wanting to do anything for Himself or expecting to gain something for Himself.

Because He did this, regardless of the situation He was in, the Lord had rest in His heart, and He was fully satisfied with God’s will, which is the will of the Father. We need to learn to work in this way; we need to live in this way.

We don’t want anything for ourselves. We don’t expect to gain anything for ourselves. We don’t want to obtain something, a name or some recognition, and we do not care whether others praise us or reject us; we have rest and peace in the Lord.

May we not do anything in and for ourselves; may we be selfless, one with the Lord, having rest in our heart.

When we are disturbed, when we are bothered, and when we are offended, there’s something within us that is for the self. This is why we can’t have peace, for we are still contending for something, we still want to gain something for ourselves, so we are bothered.

Our soul is in tumult, disturbed, and not at peace. Many times we find ourselves in such a situation inwardly even as we work for God; this is a sign that we should stop and come to the Lord again and again. He is meek and lowly in heart.

It’s time to learn afresh of Him. May we come back to the Father’s will rather than our own will. When we come to the Lord, we receive rest from Him.

When we submit ourselves to the will of the Father, not wanting anything in and for ourselves, we will find rest and we will be satisfied.

If we take the Lord’s yoke upon us, if we take the will of the Father and learn from the Lord Jesus, we will have inward rest; our soul shall be at rest. The rest we receive from the Lord is not merely outward in nature; it is an inward rest, a rest in our soul.

Our soul always has problems; our soul is many times like a raging ocean, full of waves, problems, and issues.

When the soul is disturbed, our whole being is off-kilter. We have no peace or satisfaction when our soul is not at peace. When our soul is not at peace, our whole being is unsatisfied, for the inward peace is gone.

May we learn from the Lord’s example and copy His pattern, not by our natural life but by Him as our life in resurrection (Eph. 4:20-21; 1 Pet. 2:21).

We learn from Him. He is our pattern. We follow Him. We exercise our spirit, for He as the Spirit is in our spirit, and we live the same way He lived, one spirit with Him.

He went through a process, laid a pattern before us, and became the life-giving Spirit to enter into us and be our life.

Now we exercise our spirit to learn from Him by Him as our life in resurrection.

This means that we are being moulded into the pattern of Christ – we are conformed to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29).

It is good to bring this matter to the Lord and ask Him to do this in us, even to remind us to keep coming to Him with all our toiling and burdens.

Lord Jesus, we come to You, for You are meek and lowly in heart. Thank You, Lord, for being meek and not resisting opposition. Thank You for being lowly, having no self-esteem and seeking nothing for Yourself. Oh Lord, we want to learn from You. May we learn to be meek and lowly, even through all the opposition and rejection we encounter today. We exercise our spirit, Lord, to enjoy and live by Your life of submission in us. May we be those who do not seek our own things nor desire to gain something for ourselves; may we be satisfied with the Father’s will! Amen, Lord, may Your will be done! May Your kingdom come! Keep us coming to You, especially when our soul is troubled and in tumult. May we really open to You and come to You so that we may find rest and have rest in our souls. Hallelujah, when we come to the Lord to take His yoke and learn from Him, for He is meek and lowly in heart, we find rest for our souls! Amen, Lord, we treasure the inward rest from You!

The Lord’s Yoke is Easy and His Burden is Light: Come to Him, Learn from Him, and Find Rest for your Soul

The Lord told us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light; when we feel that we are bearing a heavy, harsh, hard, and cruel yoke, even though we may serve the Lord, we need to come to the Lord, for He is meek and lowly in heart.

The Lord doesn’t want us to be toiling and be burdened without having Him as our rest and satisfaction inwardly.

The Lord’s yoke is the will of the Father, and His burden is the work to carry out the Father’s will. Such a yoke, even though it may sound so difficult and hard, is actually easy and not bitter, and such a burden is light, not heavy.

We many times bear our own yoke, and we find it hard, harsh, and bitter; if we take others’ yoke, it is still very heavy.

But the Lord’s yoke, the will of the Father, is easy, and the Lord’s burden, the work to carry out the Father’s will, is light.

We all have experienced in the church life that we start serving the Lord and we’re full of eagerness, zeal, and desire, but then we may become quite tired, even exhausted, and there may be some bitterness or being burned out. Oh Lord!

The burden to carry out God’s work becomes something heavy, and the Lord’s yoke seems to be so hard. When we have such a feeling, when we feel we’re tired and worn out, we need to come to the Lord.

When we come to the Lord inwardly, we find rest from Him. He gives us rest. In our soul we are harassed and there are many troubles, but we can cast all our anxieties on the Lord, for it matters to Him concerning us.

When we open to the Lord concerning our anxious thoughts, when we give Him our problems, our requests, and all our pain and desires, the peace of God will guard our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:6-7).

In this way, our service to the Lord is not a heavy burden but an enjoyment (Matt. 11:30). We rest as we toil, and we are satisfied as we bear the burden, for the Lord gives us inward rest.

The yoke is easy; the Greek word for easy means “fit for use”; hence, it is good, kind, mild, gentle, easy, and pleasant. It is not a hard, harsh, sharp, or bitter yoke.

When we feel that the yoke is sharp or bitter, we need to come back to the Lord, for we have the wrong yoke on, and we serve with our own natural power.

If we take the Lord’s yoke, the will of the Father, upon us, and learn from Him, we will find rest for our souls.

Many people today lose sleep because their soul is bothered; even many Christians are bothered and restless in their soul, even though they may serve the Lord.

May we come to the Lord, take His yoke upon us, and learn from Him, for He is meek and lowly in heart, and we will find rest for our soul.

When we come to Him, learn from Him, and enjoy Him, we share in our soul His rest in satisfaction.

The yoke of God’s economy is not a heavy burden but an enjoyment.

If we think we are the smart ones, the intelligent ones, or the cultured ones, or if we are religious, we will be the most heavily burdened, for such ones are toiling hard and are heavily burdened.

But if we are the simple ones, those single for the Lord loving Him, we are unloaded, and we keep coming to the Lord, thus having rest in our soul.

This is the kingdom life – a life of feasting, a life of enjoyment, and a life of rest.

If we lose our rest, we don’t experience the kingdom life. If we’re not in the kingdom life, we are burdened and we toil, and our yoke is one of slavery.

This doesn’t mean that we sit down and do nothing; rather, as we toil for the Lord and as we bear the burdens for Him, we come to the Lord to learn from Him, for He is meek and lowly in heart, and we find rest for our souls.

We remain in rest and satisfaction inwardly and we toil outwardly. What we care is not for others’ reaction or criticism; we care for the inward rest in Christ!

Lord Jesus, we want to learn from Your example to remain in rest as we toil for the Lord and bear the burdens. Amen, Lord, may we take the will of the Father as our yoke, joining You to be yoked with You for the Father’s will to be done. May we see that the Lord’s yoke is easy and His burden is light. Hallelujah, the Lord’s yoke, the Father’s will, is good, kind, mild, gentle, easy, and pleasant! Praise the Lord, the Father’s will is NOT hard, harsh, sharp, or bitter. We come to You, Lord, and we want to learn from You. We care for the rest in our spirit and in our soul. We cast all our anxieties on You and we allow Your peace to guard our heart. May we live the kingdom life today, a life of feasting with the Lord and enjoying the Lord in rest and peace! Praise the Lord, everything in God’s economy is not a heavy burden but an enjoyment! Amen, Lord, keep us coming to You to enjoy You! May we turn to You whenever we sense unrest and discontent! Praise the Lord, He gives us rest for our souls!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother Minoru Chan on this topic, and portions from, Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” pp. 194-195, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew (2025 Thanksgiving Blending Conference), week 5, Christ as the One Who Gives Us Rest – day 2.
• Hymns on this topic:
  – When my soul is faint and thirsty, / ’Neath the shadow of His wing / There is cool and pleasant shelter, / And a fresh and crystal spring; / And my Savior rests beside me, / As we hold communion sweet; / If I tried, I could not utter / What He says when thus we meet. / Only this I know: I tell Him / All my doubts and griefs and fears; / Oh, how patiently He listens! / And my drooping soul He cheers; / Do you think He ne’er reproves me? / What a false friend He would be, / If He never, never told me / Of the sins which He must see. (Hymns #553 stanzas 2-3)
  – Oh, blissful lack of wisdom, / ’Tis blessed not to know; / He holds me with His own right hand, / And will not let me go, / And lulls my troubled soul to rest / In Him who loves me so. / So on I go not knowing; / I would not if I might; / I’d rather walk in the dark with God / Than go alone in the light; / I’d rather walk by faith with Him / Than go alone by sight. (Hymns #711 stanzas 3-4)
  – Our plans, our aims, our energy / We must abandon wholly, / That He may work His plan thru us, / His aim and object solely. / Ourselves, with all we are and have, / To death we must surrender, / That Christ may live Himself thru us / With riches and with splendor. (Hymns #910 stanza 4)