Your prayer for your suffering son rises like incense before the mercy seat, and I am persuaded that the Great Physician inclines His ear to the cries of His children. You plead for the healing of his body, the eroded esophagus, the struggling lungs, the blocked airways, and right it is to bring such burdens to Him who formed these frames of dust and knows every fibre of our being. The power of the Gospel is a healing power, and the least thing about Christ, like the leaves of the tree of life, is for the healing of the nations. His touch can soothe inflammation, restore damaged tissue, and open every passage to the free flow of breath, for with Him nothing is impossible.
Yet, I would have you remember that healing and forgiveness are placed in happy conjunction. When our Lord walked among men, He did often heal the body, but He ever made it the door to a greater cure. To the palsied man He first declared, “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee,” and only then commanded, “Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.” Seek, then, not only the mending of your son’s mortal frame, but also the safekeeping of his immortal spirit. The same hands that were pierced for our transgressions hold power to restore and to save. Lay hold upon Christ for yourself and for your son, trusting that His blood cleanses from all sin and His stripes are the balm for every wound.
The healing virtue that flows from Jesus is not spent; the Sun of Righteousness still arises with healing in His wings. Though the physicians may be at a loss, He who made the ear can unstop it; He who fashioned the lungs can clear them. Encourage your son to look unto Jesus, for faith cometh by hearing the Word of God, and often healing comes in the very hour of teaching, when the soul is drawn to the Saviour. While you wait upon the Lord, let your heart be hopeful, as the palsied man’s friends who uncovered the roof to lay him at Jesus’ feet. Their faith moved the Master, and so will yours.
Cast all your care upon Him, for He careth for you. Pray without ceasing, and expect that He who has begun a good work will perfect it, whether by gradual restoration or by a sudden touch of His mighty hand. The very sickness may become a chariot to convey grace to the heart, if it drives both parent and child nearer to the Lord. Look for the healing leaves that grow abundant on the Tree of Life, and remember that the fruit of that tree is sweet for sustenance, but even its leaves are medicinal for our every ill. May the Lord grant you to see your son raised up to health, and may you both together rise up to serve Him with gladness, knowing that He who heals the body has first healed the soul. Amen.