[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Get restless and remove the yoke

Read: GENESIS 27:1-40

Meditation verse:

“You will live by the sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you  grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck” (Genesis 27:40).

Jacob had stolen his older brother, Esau’s blessings again by pretending to be  him. So, when their father Isaac blessed Esau, he told him that he would serve  his younger brother, until he became restless. Only then would he throw away  the yoke from his neck.  

There are certain things that you tolerate in your life even though they are not  serving you. They could be conditions, circumstances, bad relationships, people  who are abusive and who put you down. Toxic workplaces, abusive marriage,  sinful habit, health issue, weight problems, financial difficulty, or some  degrading conditions. These things are undermining you severely, but you allow  them, you permit them even though you do not like them. These are yokes on  your neck. A yoke is a wooden piece fastened over the neck of two animals and  attached to a cart for them to pull. Scripturally, yoke depicts servitude, bondage,  and burden. There’s nothing good about a yoke. It will slow you down, cause  you to bend over or even disfigure you.  

Change does not occur by happenstance. That situation is persisting because  you are not yet fed up with it. When you get fed up, you will find a way to break  free. Fed up with being a supplanter, Jacob wrestled with the angel, until  daybreak. He refused to let go until God gave him a new name and changed the  trajectory of his life. Fed up with being childless, Hannah prayed until she 

mistaken for a drunk. Fed up with the life-draining disease, the woman with the  issue of blood, pressed through the crowd to touch the helm of Jesus’ garment.  Standing in front of a mirror several years ago, weighing over 100kg, I became  fed up and got into a weight loss program. After years of struggling with fear and  low self-esteem, I got fed up and broke free by the power of God’s word.  

You are a partaker of God’s divine nature, and you deserve to live a fulfilling and  abundant life. Refuse to settle for anything less. Receive this life changing word  today and get restless. You are not as helpless as you think. You can break free 

from poverty, abuse, sin, shame, disease, lack oppression, or whatever yoke has  been placed on your neck. Call that situation by name and say “I am fed up with  you, I can’t take it anymore. I break free from you in Jesus name. Now, call the  opposite of that condition and say I am now entering into health, riches,  prosperity, peace, favour, love, in Jesus name, Amen.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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