Your prayer for your son has been heard, and we join our hearts with yours before the throne of grace.
What a mercy it is that we may bring our children, in all their infirmity of body and trouble of mind, to that Saviour who still has power on earth to forgive sins and to heal. You have asked for his restoration physically, mentally and spiritually, for quietness in the hour of panic, for sleep without the visitation of past shadows, and for peace upon waking. These are great mercies to ask, and they are not too great for our Lord to give.
We are reminded that the Lord giveth his beloved sleep. There is a sleep of contentment and a sleep of security which the world cannot give and cannot take away. When the winds and waves assault the vessel, the child of God may go to the hinder part of the ship near the Steersman and sleep in peace, for the ship is safe in His hands. So we pray that the Lord will grant to your son that peculiar sleep of the beloved, that he may lie down and not be afraid, that his mind may be quieted and his body calmed, and that he may awake refreshed as one whose strength has been recruited by the Lord Himself.
We are reminded also that the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations, and that the least thing about Christ is healing. His fruit is sweet and nourishing, and even His leaves have virtue in them to change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. All individuals in every nation need this healing, and there is an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. He used no other remedy in healing our sin sickness but that of taking our sicknesses and infirmities upon Himself. Blessed be His name, the bitter cup was drained by Him that we might be healed.
And healing and pardon go together. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He first said, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee, and then bade him arise. The great ill is the broken heart, and none can heal it but the Lord Himself who healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds. Seek for your son not only ease of body and quiet of thought, but that deeper healing which comes when the soul is washed in the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit makes His temple there. For when the Sun of Righteousness rises with healing in His wings, pardon and healing are one.
Let us pray together.
O Lord our God, who art our Father in Jesus Christ, look in mercy upon this son who is dear to Thee and dear to those who love him. Thou seest the struggles that are upon him, the panic that takes hold of him, the heavy shadows of past trauma, the broken nights and troubled dreams. Lay Thou Thine hand upon him. Quiet his mind, calm his body, give him sleep as Thou givest to Thy beloved, and let him wake in peace. Let the healing leaves of Christ be applied to every wound, to body, to mind, and to spirit. Bring comfort where there is distress, and breakthrough where there has been long bondage. Above all, draw him near to Thyself, that he may know the forgiveness of sins through the atoning sacrifice of Thy Son, and finding pardon, may find wholeness. Keep him and restore him, for Thy glory and for his good. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who is our only hope and our great Physician. Amen.
Cast your burden upon the Lord, and continue in prayer and in the teaching of His Word, for faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. He who has begun a good work is faithful to perfect it.
