It is by an act of simple, prayerful faith
that we transfer our cares and anxieties, our sorrows and needs, to the Lord.
Jesus invites you come and lean upon Him, and to lean with all your might upon
that arm that balances the universe, and upon that bosom that bled
for you upon the soldier's spear!
But you doubtingly ask, "Is the Lord able to
do this thing for me?" And thus, while you are debating a matter about which
there is not the shadow of a shade of doubt, the burden is crushing your gentle
spirit to the dust. And all the while Jesus stands at your side and lovingly
says, "Cast your burden upon Me and I will sustain you. I am God Almighty! I
bore the load of your sin and condemnation up the steep of Calvary; and the same
power of omnipotence, and the same strength of love that bore it all for you
then is prepared to bear your need and sorrow now. Roll it all upon Me! Child
of My love! Lean hard!
Let Me feel the
pressure of your care. I know your burden, child! I shaped it, I poised it in
My own hand and made no proportion of its weight to your unaided strength. For
even as I laid it on, I said I shall be near, and while she leans on Me, this
burden shall be Mine, not hers. So shall I keep My child within the encircling
arms of My own love. Here lay it down! Do not fear to impose it on a shoulder
which upholds the government of worlds! Yet closer come! You are not near
enough! I would embrace your burden, so I might feel My child reposing on My
bosom. You love Me! I know it. Doubt not, then. But, loving me, lean
hard!"
[Octavius Winslow]
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Jeremiah 32:17 ... Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Psalm 55:22 ... Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
1 Peter 2:24 ... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.❤
