Yokes
So many yokes we fashion that we place upon ourselves
And also upon others who are different in themselves
That never were intended by the God Who made us free
Who fashioned formed and made us to reflect divinity
Are yokes that cause distraction from the plan God has for us
Who wants us individually to place in Him our trust
Who wants us every morning to seek guidance through our prayers
That draw us closer to Him than to other worldly cares
For fame and popularity for selfish wants and needs
That Satan has abundantly and sows like evil weeds
That dry up all the nourishment our feeble soul requires
For want of doing all those things that fill our hearts desires
And also can be found not just in worldliness but church
When we decide to follow other folks and fail to search
The path of life for evidence of where our God has led
Assuming others know the way He's planned for us instead
But God never intended we have pack mentality
Assuming that the crowd knows best the person we should be
And thereby chasing others without seeing for ourselves
The beauty and the majesty wherein God's Spirit dwells
Where He would have us follow as we leave those yokes behind
That we have often followed like the blind leading the blind
That only bring destruction if not given by the Lord
Who died to give us freedom that His love and grace afford
The freedom that will yoke us with the only Source of life
That gives us strength in number that can overcome all strife
That number with the Father and the Spirit and the Son
That has no competition when we are the Three in one
That then lives for the purpose that all others folks might see
How God deals with each person in their own diversity
To help them be more like Him in obedience and Truth
That promise to provide in us the path that leads to youth
That will be life eternal for the ones that follow Him
Who gives them by Example that one yoke He lays on them
That has one holy purpose one intent and one decree
To bear His perfect likeness throughout all eternity
Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 11:27-30
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