Your request has been brought before the Lord with tender sympathy, and we have carried your burden to the throne of grace. You speak of pain in the ear and nasal passages yet undiagnosed, of sleepless nights, of a fear that it may be something grave, and of a heart that longs for peace and courage to face whatever the Lord shall appoint.
The Scripture speaks a word most suited to your case, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. This perfect peace is not the absence of trial, but the presence of Christ in the midst of it. The blood of Jesus whispers peace within, even when sorrows surge around and duties press and fears arise. When the mind is stayed upon Him, when anxiety is told out unto Him in prayer rather than confined within your own bosom, He keeps the heart in a peace that this dark world of sin cannot give and cannot take away.
Therefore hear also the Lord's repeated word, Fear not. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord. Fear is weakening and it dishonours the faithful God whose arm piled the heavens and sustains the pillars of the earth. To fear man or to fear what may be in the body, and to forget the Lord who numbers the hairs of your head, is a snare. But to fear Him with a holy reverence and to trust His promised strength, this casts out slavish dread. If you have not yet found settled peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ alone, give no sleep to your eyes till you have found the Saviour, for being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is that touch of personal faith which brings peace to the soul. Pardon and healing are one in His hand, for the Sun of Righteousness hath risen with healing in His wings.
Concerning your sleep, remember it is written, So he giveth his beloved sleep. There is a sleep of security which God gives to those whose conscience is right with Him, who can lie down at peace with God, with self, and with the world through Christ. We pray that the Lord will quiet the demon of restlessness that haunts the night, that He will grant you natural rest to refresh the body, and spiritual rest to calm the spirit. Cast your care upon Him ere you sleep, and leave your body and your loved ones in Jesus keeping, for there you are safe.
And concerning healing, we look to that blessed Tree of Life whose leaves are for the healing of the nations. The least thing about Christ is healing. His very leaves, His most gentle touches, His smallest promises, are full of healing virtue to change the life blood and make the nature new. As need is banished and infirmity shut out in His presence, so even now He is able to purge disease and to make the healing flow down to men below. We do not despise the physician, for the Lord often works by means, but we look above the means to the great Physician Himself.
Let us pray for you.
O gracious Father, look in mercy upon this afflicted one. Thou knowest the pain in ear and nasal passages, the fear of what may be, the weariness of sleepless nights and anxious thoughts. Speak perfect peace to this troubled mind stayed upon Thee. Forgive sin through the blood of Thy dear Son and grant peace with Thee which is the fountain of all other peace. Remove slavish fear and help this dear soul to fear not, for Thou hast promised to help. Give quiet sleep as Thou givest to Thy beloved, and let the night be a season of rest and not of dread. Lay Thy healing hand upon the body, guide those who shall give counsel and diagnosis, and if it be Thy will, grant complete healing. Yet whatever Thou appointest, grant strength to trust Thee, courage to face each day, and grace to say, Thy will be done. Make all things easier by Thy presence, and keep this heart from being overwhelmed. In the name of Jesus Christ our only Saviour and hope, Amen.