Pushing Bibles into the heart of Sudan

When I was a little boy I use
to read comics like Fantastic Four

When I grew up amidst the
hays, I slowly took to Hardly Chase

When I grew up just a little
more, Playboy and nothing more

When I grow old and gray, and
there’s no more room to play,

Then I’ll take the Holy Book
and give God a holy look

Just in case it turns out
fine I’ll turn my readings all divine

But just in case I turn out
blind, I’ll replay Playboy on my mind.

I
heard a preacher use this poem recently and I was awakened to the challenge of pushing more Bibles into Sudan for all that need it and can read it. Memorizing and quoting God’s
word was a daily exercise for me and my friends in our younger days. We had great fun making statements with scriptures in almost every discussion. I may be wrong but it seems to me that present day young disciples spend very little time in the word. I don’t hear it in their communication.

Despite
the abundance of the Book in nations where it’s not forbidden or burnt publicly
and even with the vest array of translations in English language today; less and less of
it seems to be read and memorized by those that call it theirs. We prefer to
wait until Sunday Service to listen to the Pastor read a portion and teach
something out of it. Somehow, we feel it’s his job to read the thing and know
more of its message. Pity!

Our
kids learn and sing more of the lyrics of the Top 10 secular songs in town and
on TV than the memory verse shared in churches that still promote the supremacy
of the Scriptures. They know great details of their favorite sports personalities,
sport clubs and entertainers than they do of key characters in the Bible.

Our
plan to put God’s word in the hands and subsequently in the hearts of every
student in South Sudan by getting them from wherever we can, creating platforms where it will be taught,
memorized, and put into action is still on course.In fact, we got a major boost this week.

I
met Brother Nelson, a representative of The Gideons International in Entebbe,
barely 9hrs after arriving Uganda on Wednesday. He’s a brave and lovely
disciple with a beautiful life testimony. He has offered to make available to
our ministry among the students in Sudan as many Bibles (NOT the KJV) as we
need, FREE!! So, freely we’ll receive, FREELY we’ll give. Praise the LORD!!

The
challenge was once the lack of Bibles, then the need for those in simple
English; now, it’s the logistics of moving thousands of easy to read Bibles
from Entebbe in Uganda to Yei in South Sudan. When I get the chance, I’ll
update my CV with the title- Bible Pusher (BP). I love my life!!

God
continues to approve of our projects and vision with provision. It’s all about
Him. Our Every Student a Bible Project is on course. If there was ever a time
we needed to move more Bibles into Sudan and put them in the hands of students,
it’s now. If we delay, Mr. Hugh Hefner’s material and others like it will cross
the borders before us and that stuff don’t need interpretation to understand.

May
God find among them, those that will say like Job and Jeremiah, “…I
have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” “Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your
Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name,…” (Job 23:12, Jer. 15:16)

Author: Uche Izuora

I'm inspired by God’s passion for His name in every generation, which provokes global worship through Jesus Christ. Becoming an emotionally healthy and transformative disciple, I aim to mobilize the Church to engage in cross-cultural missions and raise other like-minded disciples who discover themselves in Christ and seek to present and represent Him as Savior and Lord among the nations northward of Uganda. View all posts by Uche Izuora