Come to me you who are burdened with your yokes. Together let's make the journey. And as we go along, watch and see how I have managed my yoke. Watch and see how I have learnt to cope with my yoke. And if you learn from me, you too will also realize that your yoke is easy. It is said that the yokes at the time of Jesus were worn by a single ox, something that made the experience a nightmare for both the oxen and the owners. It was a nightmare that only the innovation of a two-oxen worn yoke solved. As Jesus continued with his ministry, between his healing, teaching and feeding sessions, he came to realize just how serious the spiritual poverty of his people was. The crowds that gathered to hear him speak were hungry for something new, something that could give them hope. And as we read elsewhere, Jesus had pity on them, for they were visibly tired and worn out, and no one seemed to care. Not only did the crowds have to contend with their legalistic-minded religious leaders, now they had to deal with the Roman occupation and taxation. Never had the people been this distressed and confused. Jesus knew that he was no revolutionary leader, and he didn't want to cheat them that there was an easy way out of this. Himself a victim of suspicion and witch-hunt from both fronts, Jesus called upon the crowds not to join the couple of revolutionary groups that were in existence at the time but rather to do what he himself was doing: finding strength in God. 
Jesus always had recourse to the Father, always asking the Father for direction as well as the Father's will for him. In all things, Jesus sought to do the Father's will at all times. It is herein that he found the secret of dealing with the yoke that he had to carry on a daily basis in the course of his ministry. And it is this that he urges us to learn from him: not how to discard the yoke but how to make it light. And just as two oxen make bearing the yoke easier, so will our recourse to God make our yokes of disappointment, grief, and failure lighter and easy to bear.