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[4285.20 --> 4286.10] remember that image
[4286.10 --> 4286.68] of the yoke
[4286.68 --> 4287.82] that I started off with?
[4288.58 --> 4290.06] A yoke usually entails
[4290.06 --> 4290.90] how many oxen
[4290.90 --> 4291.54] pulling the cart?
[4292.36 --> 4293.44] It usually entails
[4293.44 --> 4294.52] two on each side.
[4295.26 --> 4296.60] So another reason
[4296.60 --> 4297.12] I think
[4297.12 --> 4298.20] that Jesus uses
[4298.20 --> 4299.68] a yoke
[4299.68 --> 4300.66] for this image,
[4301.02 --> 4301.76] for this teaching,
[4302.12 --> 4303.06] is because
[4303.06 --> 4303.96] the image
[4303.96 --> 4304.68] that we should get
[4304.68 --> 4305.26] is not just
[4305.26 --> 4305.86] putting something
[4305.86 --> 4306.88] on us to work.
[4307.84 --> 4308.64] Jesus is carrying
[4308.64 --> 4309.68] that yoke with us.
[4310.48 --> 4311.38] He's inviting us
[4311.38 --> 4312.38] to walk with him
[4312.38 --> 4313.30] step by step.
[4314.32 --> 4315.36] That's what leads
[4315.36 --> 4316.20] to real life
[4316.20 --> 4317.56] and real flourishing.
[4318.38 --> 4319.34] So we take on
[4319.34 --> 4319.76] the yoke
[4319.76 --> 4320.58] of our Lord Jesus,
[4320.96 --> 4321.82] becoming a witness
[4321.82 --> 4322.86] to his healing
[4322.86 --> 4324.34] and his restorative
[4324.34 --> 4325.22] work for the world,
[4325.62 --> 4326.70] even in our
[4326.70 --> 4327.76] sin-filled,
[4328.30 --> 4329.64] broken workplaces,
[4330.02 --> 4331.00] even when our
[4331.00 --> 4331.62] co-workers
[4331.62 --> 4332.70] are jerks sometimes,
[4333.04 --> 4333.78] even when our
[4333.78 --> 4334.60] work environment
[4334.60 --> 4335.60] is so toxic.
[4335.60 --> 4337.14] And throughout
[4337.14 --> 4338.10] the countless
[4338.10 --> 4339.20] conversations I had
[4339.20 --> 4339.90] with our young adults
[4339.90 --> 4340.46] at our church,
[4341.36 --> 4342.22] I haven't met
[4342.22 --> 4343.18] a single young adult
[4343.18 --> 4344.00] who tells me
[4344.00 --> 4345.10] my workplace
[4345.10 --> 4347.28] is not toxic.
[4348.30 --> 4348.40] Right?
[4349.28 --> 4350.72] In whatever shape
[4350.72 --> 4351.14] or manner,
[4351.30 --> 4352.04] every young adult
[4352.04 --> 4352.72] I talk to,
[4352.88 --> 4353.24] sadly,
[4353.72 --> 4354.26] says that
[4354.26 --> 4355.18] my workplace
[4355.18 --> 4356.06] is toxic.
[4358.44 --> 4359.46] But even
[4359.46 --> 4360.14] in that
[4360.14 --> 4361.32] broken environment,
[4362.60 --> 4362.82] right,
[4362.82 --> 4363.28] we're not
[4363.28 --> 4364.32] called to put
[4364.32 --> 4364.82] on the yokes
[4364.82 --> 4365.56] of our different
[4365.56 --> 4366.28] workplaces,
[4366.60 --> 4367.36] we are called
[4367.36 --> 4367.90] to put on
[4367.90 --> 4368.68] the yoke of Christ
[4368.68 --> 4369.72] who walks along
[4369.72 --> 4370.74] side by side
[4370.74 --> 4371.32] with us.
[4372.28 --> 4373.40] And in that way,
[4373.68 --> 4375.14] we have real hope
[4375.14 --> 4376.18] in Jesus
[4376.18 --> 4377.06] as our Savior
[4377.06 --> 4377.52] and Lord.
[4378.70 --> 4379.44] And through that
[4379.44 --> 4380.10] hope and that
[4380.10 --> 4380.88] equipping of
[4380.88 --> 4382.18] the Spirit now sent
[4382.18 --> 4383.44] and fills us
[4383.44 --> 4384.82] and dwells within us,
[4385.22 --> 4386.32] we can be that
[4386.32 --> 4387.50] light that we
[4387.50 --> 4388.44] prayed about,
[4388.60 --> 4389.72] that we know about.
[4389.72 --> 4390.72] We can be that
[4390.72 --> 4391.72] light even
[4391.72 --> 4393.28] in our workplaces.
[4393.96 --> 4394.44] And that's the
[4394.44 --> 4394.90] invitation.
[4395.40 --> 4395.88] And that's the
[4395.88 --> 4396.92] blessing that Jesus