Praying for the South Korean Hostages

We are all aware of the situation now. A group of South Korean christians on a volunteer trip to Afganistan have been held captive by Islamist militants and one of the hostage's body have been found with 10 bullet wounds to the head, chest and abdomen.

Many would once ask the age old question, why does God allow all these to happen? True love and true worship from men to God can only mean giving man freewill. And sad to say, that the sin in these man is sometimes beyond our comprehension. From hatred bearing sin, the militants have kidnapped innocent people and even killed one of them which clearly contradicts what that is mentioned in the common faiths of Christianity and Islam.

So man has freewill and has decided to exercise it wrongly, but does God still allow these to happen? We earnestly pray that these Koreans can go back to safe hands. But we also pray that God's sovereignity and will be manifested in such a situation. The Koreans might die in the hands of these people. Jesus has died in the hands of persecutors though he had done nothing wrong.

God's assurance is that one day all suffering will be gone and He will reign eternally and will wipe away all tears. In the very worst case, the Koreans might be killed. But that is certainly not the end state. God has set and plan eternity in the hearts of man. Life after death continues and this life for the Koreans whom have by God's grace accepted Jesus's salvation shall live in a far better place now in which Jesus have prepared a place for them.

As we lead our normal lives now, let us not forget the Koreans and keep them in our prayers, for their safety, but also that God's will clearly manifested in this mishap.