Seeds of Faith...in North Korea.

God loves to grow things from seeds. We eat from those seeds and nourishment is provided for us.  God takes the tiny and makes the big.  He is all about growing and He can do it wherever He chooses.  In fact, I believe God delights in doing the impossible.
Deep in a jungle in Ecuador, isolated from the world by fear, ignorance, and hatred, a people needed the Gospel.  They were a savage tribe - the Aucas. God spoke to the hearts of some men thousands of miles away and planted a seed of desire in them to 'go and tell.' After years of much planning and prayer, they went.  Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming, Nate Saint, and Ed McCully may today be a forgotten group of men had they not been martyred as they were. And yet the seed spread because God grew it.
There are still deep jungles isolated by fear, ignorance, and hatred...and people still need the gospel.  Some jungles do not contain thick greenery and vines hanging from trees. Instead they are made of concrete and noise. Man in the city is a civilized savage and he continues to deny his need for a Savior. But God's seeds of truth go into the most unwelcomed and forbidden places, breaking down the walls of ignorance, hatred, and fear.  He won't be shut out.
When North Korea decided to execute eighty people for watching movies or owning a Bible...and forced ten thousand others to gather and watch, God watched, too.  In a country determined to control its citizens by limitng their freedom and secluding them from the world beyond their borders, God sent His Seed and it grew truth. In a country determined to silence truth, Truth overcame and was broadcast across the world.
'O Lord Jesus, May Your light shine brighter than ever in North Korea.  May the seeds of Your Gospel grow a kingdom of believers.  May man's attempt to squelch it be the fuel for encouragement and faith.  You grow hope wherever You desire.  Grow it strong in North Korea.  Grow it strong in me, too.'

John 8:31-32  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."