ALL who follow Christ will be persecuted

In so many countries, Christians go about everyday life without thought of persecution. For Somali believers, this is unimaginable. We can suggest that things should change and that all people should have "freedom to worship" how they want. We can make excuses. We can claim that because the country has chosen to serve another religion, that they don't need to hear the gospel. We can assume that our own safety if more important than the need for each and every person to hear the Gospel. But if we do these things, we deny the commands of scripture. We reject the very thing God has sent us to do.

We pride ourselves on our "religious freedom", yet look around. Many of us live in a country that serves the God's of self, money, success, and pride. The freedom we speak about is merely the freedom to call ourselves Christians while living like the world. If Christians truely lived for Christ, and bodly shared their faith--If Christians stood up for the God they claim to serve--then there would be persecution, because the world rejects Him.

I commend our Somali brothers and sisters who are willing to bodly serve the One who died for them. I pray that those who are living comfortable lives in the world, compromising their faith for the sake of not offending others--or for not being offended--will wake up and take notice. My Somali brothers and sisters are in need. They need prayers, they need support, and they have physical and financial needs that exist because of their faith. My God is faithful to provide, but I believe He desires to use YOU to help meet these needs. Seek Him, Seek His plan. Then, obey. Don't be like Jonah and run the other way. Don't ignore the needs. And while you are at it, step out bodly, and live to please Him. The world will nto accept you, but thats ok, it rejected Him as well.