The North Korean regime does not transparently disclose the scale of troop deployments or the situation regarding casualties and injuries, instead promoting the fallen soldiers as “heroes” and advertising compensation for their families in housing and education. We must pray that the evil of packaging the deaths and injuries of countless young people as “heroic sacrifices for the homeland” and continuing to expand military cooperation will soon come to an end. Additionally, we should pray that the battlefield, which is the most desperate and fearful place, may instead become a place of grace where people encounter the living God and hear the Gospel.
“Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.” Psalm 94:20-23 (North Korean Bible) I lift up the soldiers of North Korea and their families into the Lord’s hands. Please protect the lives of those who have no one to appeal to, and open a way for them to hear the Gospel and meet the living God, even on the battlefield. May the North Korean regime turn away from all lies, deceit, and wicked ways, and instead fear God, valuing and protecting the lives of the entrusted people.
I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
