ARE YOU A LEARNER?

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Text : Mat 11:29

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. 

Jesus gave an open invitation in Matthew 11:28  to everyone. "Come unto me , all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" 

This invitation is to anyone who realised that:

1. He is labouring.

2. He is heavy laden. 

3. He needs rest. 

The truth is that not everyone who is labouring realised it, and not all who realised it are ready to receive REST. but whoever wants rest should come to Jesus. 

The moment you get to Jesus, He will give you Rest.  But for you to progressively experience the Rest,  you have some roles to play. Note that it is not everyone that receives the Rest (that Jesus gave)at Salvation point are still living in His Rest years later.  

To keep and maintain His Rest,  you must do these two things :

1. *Take His yoke upon you.* Let no one deceives you, Jesus gives His followers Yoke.  Any Christian that refuses to take the yoke of Christ will automatically take the yoke of this world, which is the yoke of satan. Eph 2:2, John 12:31.

Jesus' yoke is easy and His burden is light.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Mat 11:30 KJV. Without His yoke you have no constraints in living in sin. That is why many who profess to be Christians are still freely living a life of sin- They lack constraints, they are without the yoke of Christ. 

Your success as a child of God is directly dependent on how readily you take the yoke of Christ upon you. 

2. Learn of Him.  The second prerequisite Jesus gave to finding Rest to your soul is to learn of Him.  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.* 

Mat 11:29 KJV

To learn of Him is to become like Him. To have His kind of mind.  'Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:'Phi 2:5. To have the mind of Christ, *you must be a learner* 

No learning or training is palatable, even our master learnt through suffering. Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Heb,  5:8.

Jesus Christ remains our perfect example. The Author and perfecter of our faith. Heb. 12:2. If He learnt,  you have to learn. 

 *It's high time you enrolled into the school of the Spirit and be ready to learn and unlearn,  then,  can you be counted among the Saints.* 

Bible reading: Matthew 11:25-30.

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