Those of you who read my blog know that I keep political postings to a very bare minimum. My intent for this blog has never been political but solely to share what I have been learning in school, as well as the various things that God is teaching. Tonight though, I am combining the two.
Unless you have been living under a rock, or you just are so out of touch with reality that you do not know what day it is, there is a lot of civil unrest in Iran right now, following the recent elections. Many people are upset and they are taking their voices to the streets, and to the world. I have seen pictures and video of people being beaten, objects be hurdled in anger at others, and a video, which many have now seen, of one protester being killed in the streets.
As I was watching all the news coverage this evening and looking at several of the pictures that the news agencies have published, I felt the Lord really impressing it upon me that we need to pray for the people or Iran, and not just in Iran, but in all of the Middle East. Yes, we should pray for their freedom, but more importantly, we need to be praying for people in Iran and the Middle East to come to know Jesus as their Savior.
Please pray for these people. In most parts of the Middle East, you can be imprisoned for sharing the Gospel with a Muslim, or even worse things might happen. It is an area of the world where the Gospel is not readily heard but desperately needed. Please pray that hearts would be softened as you watch the news coverage of what is taking place in Iran. Also, as you watch the news, and please understand that I am not trying to sound like nor be some bleeding heart here, but please try and set aside any predispositions and opinions of people from the Middle East and remember that they to are people, just like you and me, and that we all need Christ.
2 comments:
Very good. Thanks for sharing what the Lord has impressed upon your heart! It's important for us to yield to what the Spirit is wanting us to do!
You did a great job of talking about the reality of this situation while taking it back to the human part of the situation. I think that living here in the US makes it hard for us to imagine what is really going on there. If we take the time to do that I think that we can realize that death is not out of the picture for anyone participating in this and without Jesus that death is a REAL tragedy. Insightful and thought provoking read Chris!
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