Dear Fearful One,
My first question is, Are you a believer? Since this is a Christian
column, I’m guessing you are a Christian. I don’t know of anyone who likes the
C word, as you put it, but being scared is certainly NOT the answer. Each of us
must choose our own path if cancer were to manifest in our life. A believer
sure has more help than a non-believer. Believers have made Jesus Christ their
Savior and Lord so they have the promises in His Word to stand on, trust in,
and believe .
Isaiah 59:19 says, “So
shall they fear the name of the LORD
from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes
in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
will lift up a standard against him.”
I
always pray that the Big C – Christ
will devour the little c – cancer! The Book of Job (3:23) says that which he
feared most came upon him. Fear is a horrible enemy. The enemy is the source of
all evil, and cancer is evil. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power and of love and of a sound mind”
(2 Timothy 1:7). God does
not give us fear because he is the God of the impossible. He is our healer.
A
sound mind can comprehend things. He (Jesus) was beaten and shed His blood for
our spiritual healing and
physical healing . “… He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our
peace was upon Him, and by His
stripes we are healed”
(Isaiah
53:5). We are
healed. Claim it! It’s up to us to stand on this
promise. We cannot base our faith on someone else’s experience! We have an opportunity
to rise up with the God-faith we need, standing on the promises trusting and
believing, yes, but we must also apply and live it out.
If you are not a believer, then yes, you can be scared, but if you are a
believer, you have a manual for success in every area of your life. THE BIBLE. Get
in it and renew your mind on how you are a child of the King and you have all
of heaven on your side! Pray this – “Your kingdom come on earth as it is in
heaven.” NO little C in heaven. ONLY THE
BIG C—CHRIST.
