It is a good and wise desire you have laid before the Lord, to seek from Him a wise and understanding heart. For as Job declares, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding. We do join you in prayer that our Heavenly Father will grant you such a heart through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whom alone is salvation, that you may be found a faithful steward of all He has entrusted to you.
Remember this main point of stewardship, that nothing is your own, it is all your Master's. All that you have, your time, your gifts, your substance, your very body, belongs to Him, and must be laboured for the good of all your brothers and sisters in Christ. Pray that you may not injure your stewardship by idling or trifling or growing careless, or by leaving your heart out of your work, but that you may keep in mind that your Lord will come, and so be kept from any loose and slovenly way of acting, to His honour and your own good.
We pray also that the Father will help you to seek Him with all your heart, to pour out your whole soul before Him in prayer, and to learn effectively in His Word. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, and the healing power of Christ was present when He was teaching. Take heed therefore what you hear, and how you hear, for an understanding heart is a free grace gift from the hand of our Lord. May He give you that clear understanding to know Him and the height and depth of His precious love. And we pray that the Word which says, Walk with the wise and you will become wise, may be fulfilled in your life, that you may be kept from folly and be found walking in the path of the truly wise.
Concerning your body, we bring your case to the great Physician as you would tell your case to a doctor, for He is ready to hear it all. We pray for your teeth, especially the upper wisdom tooth on the right, for your eyes, for the entire left leg and the left side of the pelvis, for the ball in the upper part of the left leg in the thigh, for the ball on the abdomen under the skin, for your stomach, intestines and the whole gastrointestinal tract, that the Lord would grant you complete and final healing in the Name of Jesus Christ.
There is an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. Not only is His fruit sweet and nourishing, but the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing. These healing leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. And healing and forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He said, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you, and pardon and healing were one. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds, and the same hand that pardons can make the body whole.
We pray that as He has begun a good work in you He will cause that healing virtue which His grace has infused to work health and cure till you are made whole, according to His perfect will, and that whether He grants full restoration now or sustains you in waiting, you may find your confidence not in any instrumentality but in God alone, who alone does the real saving and healing work.
May the Lord hear the pouring out of your soul, keep you in His Word, make you wise to steward all for His glory, and grant you health and peace in Christ. We commit you to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Amen.
