A Rested Soul | Get(ting) Out of Work

A Rested Soul | Get(ting) Out of Work

From Christ City Cast by Christ City Church

May 19, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of spiritual anxiety in relation to work and how a transformed heart can lead to true rest.

What if the burden of your work isn't that there's too much to do — but that there's an anxiousness in your soul that no productivity system can fix? This Sunday we looked at Matthew 11:25-30, sitting with the weight of Jesus' invitation to all who are "heavy laden." The Greek word for burden, notably, carries with it not just the image of an animal loaded past its capacity — but the idea of spiritual anxiety, an unsettledness beneath the labor. The problem isn't the workload. It's the heart beneath it. The sermon names what modern marketing has always known: the heart is the most manipulable part of the soul. It longs, aspires, loves — and in a world of unlimited options, it is constantly being pulled toward someone else's end. We pile on not just more work, but more expectations, more routines, more rituals, more rumors of wisdom. We have become a society of excess baggage. And so the work that was meant to free us buries us instead. The answer, Jesus says, is not less work. It's a different heart. "Take my yoke upon you… for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." The yoke is a joining — two laboring together. Not handing…

People in this episode

Host: Christ City Church

Topics covered

Keywords

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 11:25-30

More episodes of Christ City Cast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Christ City Cast podcast page.