Surrendering Our Burdens

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.

Matthew 11:28-30

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.

You know, for years people have been asking me about my favorite Bible verse and I've never quite known an answer. But something for me has emerged. And it is, you know, Jesus says, come to me all you who labor and are oppressed for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 

And during a time like this. And granted, this is a worldwide struggle. But we all go through struggles in our lives. The thing that always occurs to me is if we just submit to him, boy, his yoke really is easy and his burden is light and we make it so much heavier by wanting our own will and not his.

I mean, just last night I was walking down the hallway. I have two sons that are in college and their college experience just ended. Their seniors and their friends are dispersed and they're like, Dad, the best two months were coming up and we don't even know how it's going to play out now. 

And I felt really terrible. And I just 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 just surrendered that to him, I was like, of course, I can find joy in this. And so his yoke is easy and his burden is light. And when we surrender to that, everything else changes.