Equally Yoked

Picture two oxen pulling in opposite directions.

They strain. They clash. They go nowhere.

The field remains unplowed. Untouched. Untilled. Unfruitful.

All that’s left are bruised necks and wasted strength.

Picture two oxen facing the same direction, but with different magnitudes of force.

One ox is hestitant. Distracted. Dragging its feet. Lingering. Lazy.

The other is focused. Driven.

What happens?

They don’t move forward. They plow in circles. The yoke twists. The ground scars. Progress stalls. The effect is antagonistic.

Now picture two oxen, pushing in the same direction with the same pace.

The yoke fits. The load balances.

No friction. No dragging. No fighting. No stalling. No drifting.

Just pure synergy. The yoke becomes a force multiplier. Together, they produce non-linear returns, plowing hundreds of acres, far more than either could alone.

This is what it means to be equally yoked.

This is not about oxen.

2 Corinthians 6:14