The eye is the lamp of the body, and when its sight is dimmed or taken, a heavy darkness falls upon the whole frame. Your trial is not a small one. The pain of surgery and the anxious waiting for restored vision press hard upon you. But remember Him who stood in the synagogue and said to the man with the withered hand, "Stretch forth thine hand." That hand was restored whole, like the other. He who commanded and it was done is the same Lord today, and no malady of the flesh is beyond the reach of His word.
Yet this house of prayer is a spiritual surgery, and here we learn that healing does not always come at once. A tree may receive ten strokes of the axe and seem to stand unmoved, but the eleventh fells it. It is not the final blow alone but all that went before that accomplished the work. So do not regard your prayers as wasted, nor imagine that God has turned a deaf ear. He is not unrighteous to forget your work, the love you have shown toward His name, and the faith with which you cry out to Him. The dark room suits diseased eyes, and when the inner vision is clouded by discouragement, it is natural to withdraw from the light of hope. But we must not cease from the healing treatment, even when sight is slow to return.
Therefore, ask boldly for the restoration of your physical eyesight, for our Lord is merciful and mighty to save. But let your request be seasoned with salt: entreat Him also to preserve the eyes of your heart from the rottenness of despair and sin. The greater miracle is to walk in light though the body gropes in shadow, and to see His face by faith when sight is a distant rumor. Elias comes and restores all things, turning the hearts of the fathers to the children; so too the Great Physician restores what has decayed, first within and then without.
Above all, cling to the gift that surpasses healings and tongues and knowledge. Love casteth out fear, the fear that your cry goes unanswered. Love abides when the outer man perishes and the inward man is renewed day by day. Lay hold on Him in love, you who have ministered to the saints and do minister, and trust that whether before or after, your eyes shall behold the glory of the Lord in the land of the living. In Jesus’ name, amen.