When a mother prays thus for her son, she touches the heart of the great Physician. The cry for healing, strength, and peace rises to the throne, and it is a cry that He delights to answer, for He gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might He increases strength.
This strength must be drawn from the Lord alone. All strength apart from God is not strength at all, and must come to an end. Let ### learn to wait upon the Lord, for they that wait upon Him shall renew their strength. It may be that strength comes gradually, many a child of God, when weary, has renewed his strength at the remembrance of pardoning mercy. If he feels he has something to do that is beyond him, let him stop, breathe a prayer for more strength, and then in the name of Him who will surely bear him over, take the leap and succeed. We must remember that the glory of man's strength, whether physical or mental, belongs to God, and He ought to have the service of that strength. But the higher and nobler strength is spiritual, to be strengthened with might in the inner man through the effectual working of His Son.
And what of peace? Perfect peace, peace, peace, this is the portion of the one whose mind is stayed on Jehovah because he trusts in Him. When sorrows surge round, peace gleams with a heavenly light. It is that touch of personal faith which brings peace to the soul. Let ### trust in Jesus, and the blood of Jesus will whisper peace within. To do the will of Jesus, this is rest. And as for his loved ones far away, in Jesus' keeping he and they are safe. There is a peace which passes all understanding, springing from the perfect remission of sin, and it is a present possession to be enjoyed even now.
Healing comes from that same dear Lord, for the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. The least thing about Christ, the leaves, as it were, is full of healing virtue. When Jesus healed the sick, He often linked healing with the teaching of the Gospel, and ultimately the healing cuts were borne by Himself: with His stripes we are healed. He took our sicknesses and our infirmities. Pardon and healing are one, first forgiveness, then health. Many a time, when all our own strength fails, our strength is to sit still while God arises and becomes our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
Lay hold of that blessed truth: when stripped of all strength and power, we gain a glorious salvation in the Lord Jesus. He can breathe into ###’s soul at this very moment a peace which flows from His healing grace. Let him come to Christ, the great conduit-head from whom abundant streams of healing flow, and find all he needs.