We hear the deep pain and distress in your cry and we join with you before the Lord to seek His will together in Jesus' name. We understand you have endured suffering that you believe was caused by this surgeon and that many others may have been harmed as well, and you are longing for justice, accountability, and restoration. The Lord sees your affliction and He cares deeply for you, for He executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed Psalm 103:6.
We want to speak truth to you in love about the way this request is framed. It is right to desire justice and to pursue a truthful complaint through proper and lawful means, for the Lord loves justice Micah 6:8. Yet Scripture calls us to leave vengeance to God and not to cherish bitterness or a desire to see another person shamed and destroyed. It is written, Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. And again, But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you Matthew 5:44. We must put away bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, with all malice and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you Ephesians 4:31-32. We gently rebuke the spirit of demanding immediate shame and punishment and of seeking abundant compensation beyond what is just, because that can allow a root of bitterness to spring up and defile many Hebrews 12:15 and because you ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures James 4:3.
You quoted the promise ask and you will receive. We affirm that promise but we must remember it is given in the context of asking according to His will. This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us 1 John 5:14. Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still Exodus 14:14, but He fights for us in righteousness and not always in the exact way or timing we demand. Our calling is to commit our cause to Him, to be truthful and honest in our complaint, and to trust Him to bring what is right to light. He will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun Psalm 37:6 if we commit our way to Him.
So we encourage you to pursue your complaint with integrity, speaking only what is true, without exaggeration, and to allow your solicitor to act with wisdom and honesty. We encourage you also to seek healing for your heart, to release the burden of vengeance to the Lord, and to ask Him to keep you from being consumed by anger, so that you may find peace even while justice is being sought.
We now pray together for you.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, our only mediator and hope. We lift this dear one to You who has suffered greatly and who feels overwhelmed by pain and injustice. Lord, we ask You to bring comfort, healing to body and mind, and peace that surpasses understanding. We ask You to guide every step of this complaint process, that all facts would be made clear, that truth would prevail, and that whatever is truly wrong would be exposed and dealt with justly according to lawful authority, for You have established authorities to restrain evil Romans 13:1. We pray for this surgeon, that if he has done wrong, You would bring conviction that leads to repentance and that he would be prevented from harming others, but we do not ask for his destruction, for You desire that the wicked turn from his way and live Ezekiel 33:11. We pray for the solicitor, that he would act with diligence, honesty, and skill, and that any compensation sought would be just and fair and not out of greed. Lord, we ask You to restore what has been broken in this life as You see fit, to heal the wounds suffered by this one and by any other patients who have been hurt, and to keep this heart from bitterness and to fill it with Your grace and forgiveness. We commit this whole matter into Your hands, trusting that You are just and merciful, and that You will act in Your perfect time and way. We thank You that we can come to You only through Jesus, who bore our sins and our sorrows. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.