A physical yoke bound oxen together to carry heavy loads. In contrast, the spiritual yoke Jesus offers us is light, granting peace and a restful spirit. We simply weren’t created to carry heartache and troubles on our own. Shoulder to shoulder with Him, every burden is eased. In this message, Dr. Stanley explains how we can experience this assurance of the Lord’s presence and power in our lives. When we surrender, He responds: “Trust Me, and there’s nothing we can’t handle together. Walk with Me, and you will never be alone.”
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next on InTouch yoked with Jesus when I
go to the mailbox at my house where I
live and I pull the front door down it’s
just gushes out with stuff and your
mailbox is probably the same he asked me
what it is I don’t know what most of it
is finally I conclude this is just
another bunch of junk because there’s
not much in there worth reading
sometimes things I think where did this
come from and so there’s no real good
message every once in a while the
message maybe but not often so then I
think about something else our open
there’s no junk mail in this everything
in here is true the promise is far
outweigh what I’m asked to give and
there’s nothing like opening the Word of
God and listening to the voice of God
what he has to say to us
sometimes on holidays there’s no mail no
holiday for the Word of God it’s always
open always available always ready to
answer some particular need or some
particular petitioner we have so I
wonder how often you pick up the Word of
God open it to read it just for yourself
or do you put it off – maybe tonight or
maybe tomorrow or I won’t get into that
today or whatever it might be but every
time you open the Word of God he has
something to say junk mail is stuff that
you look at and toss in the trash can is
there anything in this book you’d take
out and throw in the trash can nothing
then why not read it every single day if
you believe this is God’s Word
that it came from God that it’s
absolutely accurate because it is God’s
Word that it applies to you that he has
a message in here for you why not read
it every single day so I want you to
turn to Matthew chapter 11 and I want to
select a beginning in verse 28
just three verses here but an awesome
invitation from our Lord that we should
respond to listen to what he says come
to me all who are weary and heavy-laden
and I will give you rest take my yoke
upon you and learn from me from gentle
and humble in heart and you will find
rest for your souls for my yoke is easy
and my burden is light now there are no
disappointments and the promises of our
Lord he officers the privilege of
getting under a yoke with him and what
he says has take my yoke upon you and he
didn’t say take a yoke but my yoke he
knows there lot seok’s people are under
the yoke of alcohol under the yoke of
sex under the yoke of all kinds of
burdens of a debt and you name it take
my yoke upon you learned of me from meek
and lowly in heart and you will find
rest unto yourselves so let me ask you a
question when you think about your life
today is there anything that you feel in
the morning when you get up during the
day on your job or whatever you’re doing
like a yoke something that’s a little
heavy on you maybe it’s a debt maybe
it’s a relationship that’s it’s not
right but but some kind of yoke that you
feel in your life well according to the
scripture he says come to me and I will
give you rest
swap your yoke for mine my Yahweh
take my yoke upon you
and then he says listen and learn from
me learn from me I’m gentle I’m humble
and hard and with my yoke you’ll find
rest for your soul
what an awesome promise for anybody can
get under a yoke today people under the
yoke of debt wrong relationships all
kinds of things here is a an invitation
from the Lord Jesus Christ to remove the
yoke and they give us a different kind
of yoke so he says come to me all you
who are weary and heavy-laden so I want
to ask you a question to think about
this which one of these words describes
the yoke that you are feeling maybe it’s
not rubbing you too bad today but maybe
it is something that you wake up with
something that you get up with in the
morning something that you sleep with
something that bothers you during the
day listen he said all who are tired or
weary who discouraged whole burdened
hopeless
who feel helpless feel like giving up
just there are some daily pressures of
life who feel exhausted weighted down
with a heavy load they cannot escape
many people are described by those words
people are bearing burdens so he says
take my yoke upon you that is I’m gonna
give you a different kind of yoke and
he’s the yoke maker God has made a yoke
for all of us so I want to be sure you
understand that and so I have a picture
I want to put up here here’s what a yoke
is now a yoke is this heavy bar they put
over the neck of two animals because
that
gave them twice as much energy that is
to animals can full better than one but
what I want you to notice is this a yoke
puts two things together York puts two
animals together listen to what Jesus
said my yoke upon you for my yoke is
easy its gentle that is think about this
they think clearly you see that I want
you to notice that there’s room for two
the animal and the other animal Jesus
has put my yoke upon you who’s in the
other yoke it’s you on the one side
Jesus on the other
now the reason he put it that way
everybody in those days knew what a yoke
was they knew that two oxen could pull
more than one and pull longer than one
and that the load was shifted a little
between the two Jesus said put my yoke
upon you and here’s what he’s saying
yoke yourself up with me get your
relationship with me right when you
receive me as your Savior yield to me as
your Lord I bear they great a part of
the burden that you’re feeling I know
that you feel I’m with you in this he
promises us come to me all you who were
in heavy laden and I’ll give you rest
that is most people in this day and time
are troubled about something they wake
up troubled they walk with it all day
they go to bed with it at night trouble
of some sort the Restless dissatisfied
with things about their life or their
relationships whatever it might be
Jesus yoke is they kind of sets us free
take my yoke upon you for my yoke is
easy it’s gentle it makes a difference
so let’s think about what that’s all
about
because most people are unhappy about
something in life they’d like to get rid
of something I had something they’d like
to change something in their life Jesus
knew all about that because he lived in
a society that was full of fear and
enslavement and punishment and death and
suffering sickness and all the rest and
he calls the people to him he says take
my yoke upon you
he’s not saying you just want to be free
from everything know I have a yoke what
I want you to do is to get under my yoke
with me and let me help pull you through
your life
let me help bear the burdens and the
heartaches and the troubles and the
trials you God there’s so much you go
into bed every night trouble about
something waking up trouble turning over
and tossing all night long trouble he
wants us to be free and he’s made it
possible for us to be free when he says
come to me he’s coming to freedom I will
give you rest
he knows how old people are and how
confused and frustrated and hopeless
they feel I will give you rest if I’m at
rest
I’m not trouble if I’m at rest I’m not
worried if I’m at rest I have a peace
and he says come to me all you that
labor and are heavy-laden I will give
you rest take my yoke upon you watch
this carefully you and I were made to
live with the yoke of Christ he is a
Jesus as he is our life
he is our very life he’s one who takes
the load he’s the one who shows the way
he’s the one who takes the burden he’s
the one who changes things for us not
temporary living permanently take my
yoke upon you learn of me learn the
truth about me Jesus says and here’s
what you’re learning meek and lowly in
heart and you’ll find absolute rest to
yourselves so all kinds of people who
are surrounding him all the time never
did he walk in it
hardly by himself because people were in
need they were crying it like you
bartimaeus Jesus son of David have mercy
upon me so somebody says well then I
don’t think Jesus really felt the kind
of stuff we feel and I don’t think
that’s who he was but listen to this
Jesus met this woman at the well do you
remember so he came to a city of Samaria
called Sychar near the parcel of ground
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph and
Jacob’s Well was there watch this so
jesus being wearied tired rather
exhausted from his journey was sitting
thus by the whale it was about the sixth
hour did Jesus get tired yes he did not
spiritually but Jesus got tired he had
relationships we know about Mary and
Martha and Lazarus we know about others
and his disciples but he had lots of
enemies lots of enemies he never had to
bear any of them alone here’s what he’s
saying to us neither do you you don’t
have to bear it alone my yoke is easy my
burden is light life is going to change
life is going to change when it’s no
longer alone me myself and I but no
what’s this once you get under the yoke
with Jesus which was explained in the
moment once you get an event yoke you
always have the one yoked with you who
takes the weight and all the stuff that
you have to bear in life it’s like when
he’s there you just tell him about it he
knows about it he said watch this he
says my yoke is easy I love that now I
want to say the Lord net something
that’s been some times in my life when I
thought it really wasn’t all that easy
but you know what he doesn’t mean it all
being alway necessarily but he’ll make
it easy he desires to walk with us watch
this that physical yoke kept oxen
together
load this spiritual yoke has no weight
and it has rest it has peace something
happens when you are able in your mind
and heart to surrender your life that
Jesus Christ because you see those two
oxen had to work together this may have
been the stronger one but here’s a
weaker one but together they could do it
whatever the job was he says take my
yoke upon you learn of me learn about me
learn how I operate learn the things
you’ve heard about me learn how I work
in people’s lives learn for me he says
take my yoke get under the truth with me
and watch what I do it will change your
life and if I could nail it all in one
word Trust trust Trust trust you trust
this burden done and that burden and
this happened this issue in this problem
this hardly he says my yoke is easy my
burden is light watch this he can handle
anything and everything and this promise
as I saw him promise you’ll find rest to
yourselves that means you eliminate the
uncertainty the fear the anxiety the
despair where most people are living
doesn’t mean that there won’t be any
issues in your life but the difference
is this
whatever one oxen felt the other one was
there to bear the load watch this
remember this and you listening say men
as a child of God when you have
surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ and
you’re walking in fellowship with him
you watch this you cannot not may not
you cannot face in this situation alone
here’s the promise I’ll never leave you
nor forsake you
this is what God says I will never leave
you nor forsake you
and I think it’s a most beautiful way he
said a yoke a yoke puts those two arks
together and they are bound together
they operate together think about this
if you all cover everyone and thank you
thank you Jesus you and I you and I
Jesus this you and I Jesus that you and
I you and I you and I Jesus you said if
I want stuff with you which is an act of
faith I’m surrendering my life to you I
choose to follow you
I am yoked with you and the reason I put
the picture of that is I wanted you to
see that and remember what a yoke is
watch this you wake up everyone it’s you
and Jesus you go to bed over that’s you
and Jesus it’s all about a relationship
it’s not a wooden piece you hang on your
shoulders but in the spiritual world it
is a relationship and watch this when
you have him what do you need he’ll not
provide he promises to provide every
need he promises answer our prayers he
promises to bear our burdens he promises
to forgive our sins when you think about
living with Jesus being in the yoke with
him
what more do you need whatever whatever
comes flowing in life you can face it
why watch this because you’re not facing
it alone you’re facing it with him
omnipotent omnipresent omniscient
all-knowing all-loving God who went to
the cross for us he is the one with whom
we are yoked – you don’t have to live
faced in life but the way you face it
it’s a matter of trusting him listen my
yoke is easy my burden is light
when you and I try to live our lives
apart from Jesus Christ and submission
to his will we will be in trouble look
around you look at your friends look at
people everywhere
they have all kind of issues in life
that unnecessary he said my yoke is easy
my burden is light take my yoke upon you
you surrender your life to him
it’s an act of your will it’s a decision
that you make Lord I’m not doing very
well the way I’m doing when you’re under
the yoke of him that is you have
surrendered your life to him to walk
with Him to obey Him you have the load
bearer you have the rest fixer you have
the one who will enable you to take her
in other words he limits every heartache
we have and every burden he does and
when I meet people who have gone through
trials like I’ve never heard before a
smile on their face since the joy and
peace and confidence and then I make
meet people who have far less problems
but who have no relationship to Jesus
they’re miserable they’re miserable
they’re angry they’re angry at
themselves their anger their
circumstances anger at that boss angry
at their friends often times angry for
the situation they’re living in they’re
angry about everything and about
everything they do the anger pops up
some way and somehow what a difference
in Jesus is my peace are given to you
not as the world it is all frustrated
not it not as the world gives my peace
are given to you let not your heart be
troubled hallelujah
let not your heart be troubled
so when he talks in terms of easy and
light in other words the weight of
burden when you are living yoke to the
Lord Jesus Christ and trusting him he
can take the weight of anything and lift
it listen I have yoked my life to the
Lord Jesus Christ I have surrendered
myself to him to allow him to govern and
guide and guard my life everything
changes because the world in which you
not live is full of heart a ministry
troubles trials you name it
think about this Jesus said my yoke is
easy and light get under the yoke with
me and we think that we can handle life
without it you say well how do I do that
yes how you do it first of all you
acknowledge that you need him you don’t
think you need Jesus you’re in real
trouble
you’re like an ox in the ditch up to his
neck in mud if you don’t have Jesus my
yoke is easy lord I surrender my life to
you and your way I’m gonna walk with you
I’m gonna follow you I’m gonna trust you
they guide me and Lord because we’re
linked up by faith I’m gonna trust you
for everything all the time
it’s the yoke that he makes for every
person who’s wise enough to surrender
their life to the Lord you don’t have to
live the way you live in my yoke is easy
listen he says my burden is light so
it’s a choice we make you want to face
life doing it your way your timing and
thinking somehow you’re gonna make it no
this is this this is God’s personal
invitation to everybody come unto me all
of you that are heavy laden burdened
down whatever they cause I’ll give you
rest take my yoke upon you learn about
me how I operate I’ll give you rest to
your soul
I’ll make the hard easier when you face
heartaches and burdens you’ve got me and
I’ll carry the load you may be
experiencing but I’m gonna carry the
load it may be there
troubling you at times I’m carrying the
load we’re gonna make it you don’t have
to fear about that if you have never
trusted Jesus as your Savior do you know
what he’s saying you’ve decided to live
your life thinking that you’re gonna
make it that you’re gonna find real
peace and joy and happiness and security
and confidence without God no you’re not
what do you think this world is in such
a mess
people acting the way they’re acting
can’t control themselves take my yoke
upon you for a meek and lowly in heart
and you will find rest so would you say
that you’re yoked up with Jesus you say
well no but how do I do that here’s how
you do it you ask the Lord to forgive
you of your sin you want to join up with
him you want him to be the yoke master
you want to join up yoked with Jesus you
are choosing his way of life walking at
his speed and in his direction according
to his will you yield your life to him
by faith surrendering to him
and picturing yourself under the yoke
and watch what he does in your life it’s
a decision you make it’s a commitment
you make it’s a surrender you make yoked
yoke to the Lord Jesus Christ it will
change your life
my peace are given to you not as the
world gives look what they had like what
they do my peace are given to you let
not your heart be troubled join with
Jesus under the yoke amen
following the love iane Friesian thank
you
but picturing for us so simply what all
of us need of a full surrender our life
to you and then watch York
what an awesome difference when you’re
in control when we are surrendered to
you when we’re yielded to you you change
what needs to be changed you fill up
what sits empty
you meet every single need when we face
great turmoil in life we have this
awesome sense of indescribable
confidence in boldness and assurance we
have made a decision to yoke up with the
Lord Jesus Christ for many the first
time would you demonstrate your awesome
indescribable power and love and
gracious kindness to every person who
has made that decision
is my prayer in Jesus name Amen if
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