358: Finding Rest in the Right Yoke with Jesus
Jesus doesn’t promise a burden-free life—but He does promise rest for weary souls. In this episode, Rohan Bell unpacks Matthew 11:28–30 and shows how finding the right yoke with Jesus brings deep peace, even when life still requires effort.
✨ Key Themes in This Episode
🕊 Rest without escape — why Jesus doesn’t remove all burdens
🐂 Understanding the “yoke” — teaching, discipleship, and shared load
🤝 Jesus in the yoke with us — carrying the greater weight
⚓ Peace through discipleship — effort that leads to rest
🔄 Changing yokes — moving from self-reliance to trust
⏱ Major Moments
0:31 – Reading Matthew 11:28–30
2:23 – The rabbinic meaning of “yoke”
3:15 – Jesus sharing the yoke, not watching from afar
4:11 – Recognising when we’re in the wrong yoke
6:24 – Carrying weariness to Jesus as we head into 2026
🤔 Reflection & Application
Where might you be carrying a burden Jesus never asked you to carry alone?
What does it look like for you to step out of self-reliance and into Jesus’ yoke?
How could committed discipleship actually reduce your inner weariness?
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