The Talk

So last night I had the honor to give the message at College Young Life Club. It was awesome. It went really well and I think I really got what God wanted me to say across. It would have been sweet to get more feedback from students in what they thought and I don't know just build conversation. One of things a definitely saw this week while preparing was the way prayer was working. I really don't know if I have prayed that much about something before. Not only was I praying but I was also asking others to pray for me whenever I got the opportunity. I know that because of bathing my talk in prayer it made it easy for me. God helped me come up with a focus that I was excited about and that would flow from me with ease and that is exactly what happened. I think by me lifting my message up it helped me understand that nothing could go wrong, that God was with me up there and I had nothing to worry about.

Tonight in my small group we focused on Matthew 11. I just want to highlight a part and share with you. "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" Matthew 11:28-30. First I just want to explain to those of you who don't know what a yoke is.. that thing on those oxen's necks.


It says in that scripture that we must take up His yoke. Now when I first heard this I knew what yoke meant but I didn't realize totally what He meant by it, until tonight. When you are in a yoke, there are usually two so when I read "take up His yoke," I am on one side and God is on the other. If I take up His yoke I will learn from Him because He is right next to me. It says that His yoke is easy, and I think it is easy because He has control of it. He has control of the weight. It isn't on my shoulders but His. You're problems are no longer yours but His. You can see from the picture that these two oxen are stuck together, they can't go opposite ways. This is what God is representing here. If you take up His yoke you will be going in the direction that the Lord wants you to go. He has the lead and all you have to do is follow.