I remember the first time I prayed that line, “Lord, give me
Your eyes for just one second, let me see what You see, let me love what You
love, let me be passionate about what You are passionate about but Lord, let me
see.” He showed me. My word He showed me.
He opened my eyes to the atrocities that run rabid in this
world. He showed me how His children, His Beloveds’ were being crushed. How
innocence was being stolen, childhoods demolished and lives lost. He showed me
the pain that these precious souls are facing. He opened my heart to their
cries. I felt His heart, I felt how deep His grief and pain were. I felt His
love for each and every one of His Beloveds’. I felt His heart break. I saw the
pain I saw the horrors that these souls were facing and my heart couldn’t take
it. I cried to Him “Jesus let me look away! Let me not feel this, oh let me
look away!” I am ashamed of that, I wanted to walk away, turn a blind eye... But
He very quietly whispered to my heart, “But I can’t look away.” My eyes were
opened.
There are more than twenty-seven million people who have
been enslaved in this world through sexual and labor exploitation. Half of that
number are children. These souls are forced to do unspeakable things at the
hands of their captors. These are boys and girls, women and men who are just
like you and I. They are sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, aunts and
uncles, moms and dads, they are someone’s whole world, and they are Jesus’s
Beloved ones. You may be wondering “what can I do about it though? Twenty-seven
is so large of a number what could I possibly do that could make a difference?”
We on our own may not be able to reach
every single one, but we can affect the one. We can be the difference in
someone’s life. But how do you do that?
The most important
thing you can do is pray. Prayer is our greatest advantage over the evil in
this world. Samuel Chadwick once said, "There is no power like that of
prevailing prayer--of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the
stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with
sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of blood. Such
prayer prevails. It turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power.
It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God." Prayer is powerful.
Pray for the girls and boys who are trapped, pray that they
will be set free. Pray also for their captors, pray that somehow the Lord will
grip their hearts and make them turn from their actions. Pray that these souls
will find Elohim, that they will be given new life. “Pray without ceasing”-1
Thessalonians 5:17
Consider partnering with an organization that combats human
trafficking. Here are two excellent organizations:
Get involved and bring awareness. There are many things that
you can do. My girls group at my church hosted a Prayer Walk to make our
community aware. Freedom 4/24 has 5k events for bringing awareness and raising
money (which me & a group from my church are running this weekend!). Make sure that the products you buy are fair trade, that the companies that you support, do not support the slave trade.
God has made it apparent that he hates it when His children
suffer, He wants them to be free. He has called us to set the captives free.
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take
hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the
people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free
captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”
Isaiah 42:6-7
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD
has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from
darkness for the prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the
Lord require of you? To seek justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly with
your God.” Micah 6:8
-Lauren
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