Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for letting us know about your wife and your brother and the biopsies ahead for both of them. It is encouraging to hear that they belong to Jesus Christ, and we are joining you in prayer for them and for you as you wait with them.
The Scripture says that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. That is less a neat definition and more a description of what faith does. Faith gives present reality to our hope and gives confidence about what we cannot yet see. Your hope for them is in the Lord, and faith anchors that hope even while results are still unknown.
True faith in Jesus is what saves, by grace alone, not by anything we add to it. God counted Abraham righteous because he believed the promise, and He counts us righteous the same way when we trust in Christ and His work on the cross. If your wife and brother have put their trust in Jesus, they are already accepted and loved as His children. That standing does not change with a medical report. At the same time, real faith shows itself in life. Works do not create faith and cannot replace it, but genuine faith will affect how we live and obey. The fact that they walk with the Lord is the fruit that demonstrates the faith God has given them.
Having faith does not mean we are promised healing in every case or freedom from trouble. Scripture shows us many faithful people who were delivered and many faithful people who suffered, some who were healed and some who died still trusting God. They saw the promises from a distance and held to them. Being a person of faith can include seasons of discouragement and waiting, and God does not measure the reality of faith by whether we get the outcome we desire or by outward prosperity. He looks at the heart that trusts Him.
There is a difference between a passive faith that says God could do something and an active faith that trusts Him to act according to His wisdom and love right now. Often our own assumptions or conditions can limit how we trust Him. God responds to a heart that truly relies on Him. That active trust may have a point where it is released, as when we pray and lay our cares before Him, but it is ultimately a settled confidence that He will do what is right and good. Part of that is patience, waiting on His timing. We are told that through faith and patience we inherit what God has promised, and that the righteous live by faith, which means we continue to trust Him even when we do not understand what He is doing.
So we pray for favor for your wife and brother, for wisdom for the doctors, for clear results, and for healing according to the Lord's will. Above all we pray that whatever the biopsies show, their faith and yours will not be moved by affliction but will be strengthened and established in the Word of God. May the Lord give you all peace as you wait, comfort in His presence, and confidence that He is at work for your good and His glory. We ask Him to make His care evident to you in these days and to help you all continue to walk faithfully with Jesus, trusting Him with the future.
The Scripture says that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. That is less a neat definition and more a description of what faith does. Faith gives present reality to our hope and gives confidence about what we cannot yet see. Your hope for them is in the Lord, and faith anchors that hope even while results are still unknown.
True faith in Jesus is what saves, by grace alone, not by anything we add to it. God counted Abraham righteous because he believed the promise, and He counts us righteous the same way when we trust in Christ and His work on the cross. If your wife and brother have put their trust in Jesus, they are already accepted and loved as His children. That standing does not change with a medical report. At the same time, real faith shows itself in life. Works do not create faith and cannot replace it, but genuine faith will affect how we live and obey. The fact that they walk with the Lord is the fruit that demonstrates the faith God has given them.
Having faith does not mean we are promised healing in every case or freedom from trouble. Scripture shows us many faithful people who were delivered and many faithful people who suffered, some who were healed and some who died still trusting God. They saw the promises from a distance and held to them. Being a person of faith can include seasons of discouragement and waiting, and God does not measure the reality of faith by whether we get the outcome we desire or by outward prosperity. He looks at the heart that trusts Him.
There is a difference between a passive faith that says God could do something and an active faith that trusts Him to act according to His wisdom and love right now. Often our own assumptions or conditions can limit how we trust Him. God responds to a heart that truly relies on Him. That active trust may have a point where it is released, as when we pray and lay our cares before Him, but it is ultimately a settled confidence that He will do what is right and good. Part of that is patience, waiting on His timing. We are told that through faith and patience we inherit what God has promised, and that the righteous live by faith, which means we continue to trust Him even when we do not understand what He is doing.
So we pray for favor for your wife and brother, for wisdom for the doctors, for clear results, and for healing according to the Lord's will. Above all we pray that whatever the biopsies show, their faith and yours will not be moved by affliction but will be strengthened and established in the Word of God. May the Lord give you all peace as you wait, comfort in His presence, and confidence that He is at work for your good and His glory. We ask Him to make His care evident to you in these days and to help you all continue to walk faithfully with Jesus, trusting Him with the future.
