By means of His ultimate sacrifice, then, God reconciled the world to Himself in Messiah, not counting their sins against them (see Isaiah 53:5, 1 Corinthians 15:3, John 1:29, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 2 Corinthians 5:19).
Prayer:-
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, Who gave to us the Messiah Jesus and the commandments of the New Covenant.
Blessed art You, LORD, Giver of the New Covenant.
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, Who gave to us the Word of Truth and planted everlasting life in our midst.
Blessed are You, LORD, Giver of the New Covenant.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities
- all things were created through Him and for Him. - Col 1:16
Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe,
Who brings about everything by His Word, Who creates all for His glory,
Who always remembers His covenant, Whose power fills the Universe,
In the Name and Blood of Jesus our Messiah: Amen.
"who daily carries our burden for us." Just as a humble pack animal might bear heavy sacks of grain for its owner, or a beast of burden might suffer the drag of a plow in a field, so God, in His infinite compassion, bears our burden in order to lift us up, and relieves our distress so that we can walk uprightly before Him.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily carries our burden; the God of our salvation.
- Psalm 68:19
The yoke is not the burden, but is a means of bearing the burden. The burden of a life alienated from God in this fallen world is indeed heavy and difficult to bear, but the grace of God is given when we are yoked to Jesus and share His burden to love and care for others.
Using the same analogy of a pack animal, every day God gives us burdens to bear and trains the direction of our plows. We are called to love and serve others, and that means performing avodah (work) by providing care, giving attention, and participating in the "repair of the world" (tikkun olam) as co-laborers with the God of our Salvation.
Like the paradoxical statement, "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Phil 2:12-13), so this verse pictures us yoked together with the Lord in the process of our salvation. God becomes our "beast of burden" in order to free us up to become burden-bearers for others.
Jesus' Hebrew name is Yeshua, which comes from the same root (yasha) as yeshuateinu in this verse. Ha'El Yeshuateinu means "the God of our yeshuah (salvation)," and points to the salvation given to us through Jesus as our Sin-Bearer before the Father.
Every day Jesus carries the burden of our sin so that we might bear the burden of His love for others
"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," Jesus said. "Take up my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matt 11:28-30)
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. - Psalm 23:5
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.... I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:1,5).
In light of this great metaphor Yeshua used to describe our relationship with him, perhaps a better blessing is to praise Yeshua as our "true vine."
i am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,but will have the light of life. - Jesus
I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
- Jesus
Jesus is the one who can awaken us and give us spiritual eyes to receive His light. When He said that He was the "resurrection and the life," He followed up with a telling question: "Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26). The revelation of life from the dead comes from a personal encounter with the one who overcame the power of death itself. May you experience it today!