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.