When you have a yoke that is galling to the neck, you may know it is not Christ’s yoke; for He says His yoke is easy. What God wants of us is to be learning every day of our lives how to build our characters for time and for eternity. He does not want us to get into one channel and never turn out of that; to have fixed ideas, and hold them fast, whether they are right or wrong. He will place us amid trials and difficulties, and when we have learned to overcome obstacles in a right spirit, with high and holy purpose, He will give us another lesson. And if we have not the meekness of Christ to be constantly learning of Jesus in His school, then we must know that we have not the yoke of Christ (The Review and Herald, May 10, 1887).{5BC 1091.3}

Når du har et åg der snærer om din hals, så ved du at det ikke er Kristi åg; for han siger at hans åg er nemt. Hvad Gud ønsker af os er at lære hver dag af vort liv, hvordan vi skal opbygge vor karakter for tid og for evighed. Han ønsker ikke at få os ud i et spor og aldrig vende os bort fra det; og have faste idéer, og holde dem fast, uanset om de er rigtige eller forkerte. Han vil sætte os iblandt prøvelser og vanskeligheder, og når vi har lært at overvinde forhindringer i den rette ånd, med et højt og helligt fortsæt, vil Han give os en anden lektie. Og hvis vi ikke har Kristi sagtmodighed til at hele lære af Jesus i Hans skole, så kan vi vide at vi ikke har Kristi åg. (RH 10. maj, 1887).