Lean Hard by Octavius Winslow

Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you. Psalm 55 22

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 doubtedly 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 and formed 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 you lean on me, this burden shall be mine, not yours. So shall I keep my child within the circling 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 come closer. 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, lead hard. you