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(Octavius Winslow, "The Burden Cast upon God") 

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

It is by an act of simple, prayerful faith 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 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 closer come! You are 
not near enough! I would embrace your burden, 
so I might feel My child reposing on My breast. 
You love Me! I know it. Doubt not, then. But, 
loving me, lean hard!"

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