JC - Chapter 18
To many of the people that were following Him, of whom many thought the Messiah would deliver them from political bondage, the Savior said -
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (New Testament | Matthew 11:28 - 30)
It always seems to be about the individual. I find it interesting that in order to find rest, one must take His yoke upon us or in other words, do His work. I like the words of Elder Talmage -
"He invited them from drudgery to pleasant service; from the well-nigh unbearable burdens of ecclesiastical exactions and traditional formalism, to the liberty of truly spiritual worship; from slavery to freedom; but they would not. The gospel He offered them was the embodiment of liberty, but not of license; it entailed obedience and submission; but even if such could be likened unto a yoke, what was its burden in comparison with the incubus under which they groaned?"
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