To be a child doesn't mean being uneducated, immature or childish. It signifies spiritual childhood—a posture of total trust, humility, and dependence on God rather than relying on one's own intellectual or worldly cleverness like the scribes and the Pharisees. It is in this disposition that Jesus praises the Father for those who humble themselves and be like children dependent on their parents in trust and humility. To shoulder the yoke of Jesus is to take instruction from Him as per the Jewish and biblical tradition; the yoke was used as a metaphor for religious instruction. In some cases, the yoke also represented the commandments spelled out in the Torah that defined what it meant to live in a covenantal relationship with God. In other cases, it represented the counsel of divine Wisdom that guided all on how they ought to live. To those who toil to the point of fatigue and are burdened by things that weigh down on every aspect of our lives, Jesus offers us refreshment, rejuvenation and relief from our burdens. Let us then go to Him.