Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Day 2
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Day 2
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Devotional Tuesday, June 15th, 2010, Day 2
Prayers Answered
“They begged and begged me, but I couldn’t give it to them,” said the man. “I know Christians are supposed to share, but I just couldn’t part with it.” He sadly held out his hand so that his listener could see his prized possession.
“I really wanted to, but I couldn’t. You see, people in North Korea told me that they have been praying for fifty years to get a Bible. But I didn’t give them mine because I had been praying for twenty years, and I had just gotten it from a pastor in South Korea.”
He sighed deeply as his mind went to the needy believers in North Korea desperately praying for one copy of the Bible. He hugged his Bible to his chest. He had escaped the Communist prison state and was now living freely in South Korea.
Bibles in North Korea are rare. Because of the opposition from the Communists, believers consider them more precious than gold. One man was beaten to death along the Chinese border when he was caught bringing Bibles into North Korea. Sadly, cases like this are reported over and over.
- “I cannot forget those people, he said with a sigh. “I cannot forget the look of envy on their faces when I showed them my Bible. I feel so bad for them.”
Although this book remains a bestseller year after year, no one seems to be reading the Bible very much. How differently we might treat our Bibles if we had to pray twenty years to get one. What can you do to get a passion for God’s precious Word?
Psalm 119:44-48 ~ I will always obey your law, for ever and ever. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame, for I delight in your commands because I love them. I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.
Prayer:
Dear God – Thank you for your Word, the Bible. When we’re in trouble, when we wonder what’s true, when we don’t know what to do, help us to open your Bible and see what you would have us do. Thank you for the direction that it can bring to our lives.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
by The Voice of the Martyrs, Extreme Devotion, 2001.