5/27/2025 Daily Devotion: Come + Yoke + Learn = Rest

Matthew 11:28-30 - “28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

What are you carrying today? What BURDEN is weighing you down?

• Jesus says “Let me carry it WITH YOU.”

• Jesus does not promise to remove your burden here … but He does promises to remove the WEIGHT of your burden!

Our burdens are our circumstances … the relationships & situations & responsibilities of this life that we find ourselves in. The WEIGHT of our burdens is the anxiety, guilt, blame, fear, frustration, hate, avoidance, denial and pressure that we feel when we take on the responsibility of carrying those burdens alone.

• A YOKE was designed for two oxen/cows to pull a load TOGETHER.

• Jesus is telling all of us to stop trying to meander through the burdens of this life alone! FOLLOW HIM instead.

But this isn’t just giving your burdens over to Jesus and washing your hands of them … He says LEARN FROM ME.

• When we yoke up with Jesus He will SHOW US how to live through the burdens of our lives WITHOUT THE WEIGHT.

• His Yoke … truly TRUSTING & OBEYING Him … produces Confidence, Freedom, Love, Peace, Joy, Accountability, Truth and REST in those same burdens that weighed us down on our own.

Yoke up with Jesus today and watch the weight of your burdens turn into rest for your soul!

• Come to Jesus. - ENGAGE with Jesus.

• Take His yoke. - TRUST Jesus.

• Learn from Him. - OBEY Jesus.

• Receive His Rest. - EXPERIENCE Jesus.