Yoked up with you

Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.


I get a mental picture of You being the great big Daddy ox that is yoked up with junior, that’s me. You are there to show junior how it is done. Junior doesn’t like having a yoke on him, not one little bit. He balks, jumps, twists and turns, lunging forward and backward until he is exhausted. You, the picture of patience, keep plodding along, while I throw my little tantrum. Finally, I get the idea that throwing myself about isn’t that helpful and I begin to settle down, just a little. Your calm consistency eventually has a calming effect on me and I begin to watch you and learn by your example.
If I yoke up with you every day, you will show me by example how to live, how to treat people; how You live, how You treat people, how You respond to life, how You think about people. If I am yoked up with you that means that you won’t be going anywhere but beside me.
I have always had the mental picture of you turning your back on me and walking off when I do something wrong. My heavenly parent rejecting me, abandoning me if I do something you don't like. The picture of you being yoked up with me means that you can’t go anywhere. You are bound to me and I with you. You don’t even WANT to leave me, to abandon me. You want to stay right by my side teaching me what I need to learn.