Yesterday, March 9, 2008, was the Global Day of Pray for Burma. We last spoke of Burma back in January of last year, in 2007, and described the political situation there, as well as the status of Christianity within the country. The rest of that year brought about a revolution, as thousands of Burmese marched the streets, accompanied by monks in defiance of the government. This upheaval brought great international awareness to the atrocities being committed, but ultimately ended without much closure or change.
We ask this week that you would pray for Burma as a country under harsh military rule, and as a people waiting to be rescued. Last year’s revolts revealed that they are tired of being persecuted and mistreated and are ready for something new. Every month there are dozens of deaths as the military, which numbers 400,000, continues to use the people of Burma for labour and for their own gain.
In praying for the country and the people remember that the military are not exempt from our prayers. The Burma Army needs our prayers just as much as the people do, as they are where the changes must occur if a revolution is truly to spread across the nation. In lifting up every village child we must also lift up every general and officer, continually asking the Lord to bring all of them into His kingdom.
The people of Burma cry out for salvation from their oppressors, and they long for a freedom they have never known. We ask that they would experience spiritual salvation, and that in Christ they would know the truest of freedoms.
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