Sex trafficking is a hot topic now, and in a sense it is the trendy cause to be associated with. But after all the hype, and the events, and the money rolling in from donors, those on the front lines don’t see this as a hot trend but are in it for the long haul. Here is some Friday encouragement for those of you on the front lines. Thanks Alyssa for sharing this with us!
We all need that encouragement as we fight against this. I have been struggling too lately and was constantly reminded that if it’s not for the hope of Christ, I dont’ know how to do it another way for another day. Someone also sent me this in time:
“I think about the Already/Not-Yet reality that defines the New Testament and the Church (then and now). The “Already†is that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ministry of renewal has already begun. We as the church are meant to experience, daily, forgiveness of sins, his resurrection power over sin and the strength to join him in his work of renewing the world. This means living and preaching a message of hope in Jesus Christ, and demonstrating that hope by the way we love others. The other dimension of the Kingdom is the “Not Yetâ€. While the renewal process has begun, with the resurrection of Jesus, all has not been made new and right on the earth. Injustice, sin and death still pervade our broken world. And the scriptures are clear that this present earth and heaven are passing away. Eventually, when Christ returns, he will usher in the new heaven and new earth, where finally Christ shall reign and have dominion “From sea to sea†and where all sickness, sorrow and pain will be gone. We recognize then that until this happens, we will continually experience and interact with pain and hardship and the devastating effects of sin. These encounters are meant to remind us that a better day is coming. As Paul says in 1 Cor 15, if the only hope we have is for this life, then we are to be pitied most.”
So I commit to battle in prayer for this one child’s life (that the Lord has given me responsiblility to intercede for) and many many others, believing that as we do, the ‘already dimension’ of God’s kingdom has begun. The renewal process has begun because we are the carriers of His hope to those who live in hopeless situations.
Let’s continue to trust that the divine intervention is far greater than the looming shadow of evil’s steps. The divine intervention will outnumber all the spiritual attack that is now surrounding all who are trapped in sex slavery. For we trust that when we ask God to open our eyes and let us see, He will let us see. A lesson I will forever hold in tight embrace as long as I live, as long as I tread on this road of “long obedience in the same direction” (in my case, for Cambodia), for the oppressed and the vulnerable whom He knows each one of them by name!!
http://jessikaiswriting.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/when-you-see-a-child-walks-free-it-makes-you-dream-of-jubilee/