"Come to me all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Going through the verses we stated that we each have our own yoke need to discover what passions we have for Christ. But there is a problem with this.
Under Jewish tradition, when one follows his rabbi, he takes his yoke, or his way entire essence of life. The disciple learns and tries as much as he can to be exactly as his rabbi. So when he takes his yoke, he makes his own yoke just as his rabbi's. We are even called to be just like Christ, re-enforcing this idea.
But then what is this yoke? What does it contain? What is the essence of our Christian beliefs that makes us followers of Christ? It can't be anything less than the core foundation of our relationship with Christ. To invite the Holy Spirit into our lives and putting all faith in Christ, and being like our rabbi. Of course, this encompasses all of the parts, loving one another, standing up for your beliefs even unto death, and spending countless hours in prayer and quiet time with God and Scripture. The yoke is about what you do (loving others, preaching the Good News) not about how you do it (tithing to charities or helping out someone that is down, through songs or the Word). Your passions of how you do what you do for Christ are just your decorations of your yoke.
So as you perfect your gifts from God, realize that the true heart of Christianity is not how you do it, but what you do. That's what really counts.
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