Surrendering Our Burdens

Few verses are more comforting than Matthew 11:28-30, where Jesus says ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.’

We may be in the middle of a worldwide struggle, but we all go through struggles in our lives. In those times, if we just submit to God, his yoke really is easy and his burden really is light. The only way we make heavier is by wanting our own will and not his.

I have two sons that are in college and their college experience just ended. They are seniors, their friends are dispersed and they said to me, "Dad, the best two months were coming up and we don't even know how it's going to play out now." 

I felt really terrible. Then, I realized that Jesus just said, "that's my will for them. There's goodness in that. I have things in store for them that you could never even understand." And when I surrendered that to him, it hit me" "of course, I can find joy in this." 

His yoke is easy and his burden is light, and when we surrender to that, everything else changes.

Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni is one of the founders of The Table Group, and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 11 books, which have sold over 6 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.