Lean Hard

Once again my Streams In The Desert devotional gripped my heart and captured my spirit, my prayers, my longing for Christ's sustaining love during this struggle:

Child of My love, lean hard,
And let Me feel the pressure of your care;
I know your burden, child. I shaped it;
Balanced it in Mine Own hand; made no proportion
In its weight to your unaided strength,
For even as I laid it on, I said,
this burden will be Mine, not hers;
So will I keep My child within the circling arms
Of My Own love." Here lay it down, nor fear
The government of worlds. Yet closer come:
You are not near enough. I would embrace your care;
So I might feel My child reclining on My breast.
You love Me, I know. So then do not doubt;
But loving Me, lean hard.

My favourite two lines in this poem are, "Child of My love" and "For even as I laid it on, I said this burden will be Mine, not hers." What an awesome thought. First that I am a child of His love. And secondly, even before I felt the full extent of this trial, God claimed it as His to bear, not mine. What a relief to know that it is His! And so, I will lean harder on Him tonight than I have ever leaned before! There is far too much for me to carry right now. I will gladly lift this weight off of my shoulders and give it to Him to carry. It will please Him because He loves me so!