How long?[ Revelation 6 v 9-11]

In many countries Gods dear children are suffering,a person from North Korea told how he witnessed his brother being beheaded.I receive a magazine,informing me of the suffering that many of Gods children are enduring.Thousands have had to flee from persecution,and so it goes on,and on. As I thought on these things,my mind was directed by Gods Spirit,to the book of Revelation,a book in which we read of many of Gods people being
persecuted. In chapter 6 we read how John the apostle see's an altar and under the altar,the souls of them that were slain,for the word of God,and for the testimony they held.Many are still being added to their ranks,many are being faithful even unto death to this day,v11 stresses that the dying for Christ will be ongoing. We should not be surprised at this,but it of course saddens us immensely, that such suffering is still going on,and there appears
no easing of it,in fact the ferocity of it is increasing.
   In verse 10 we read,/And they cried with a loud voice saying,How long,
O  Lord,holy and true,dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?./ W Barclay describes an insanity of evil,which is involved in Gods people being persecuted,we can reason with
or hope that it will cease,no the only way it will cease is when God intervenes,like the N T Christians we cry out,how long Lord before You intervene and deal with the wickedness that Your dear people are having to endure?.
                               A prayer.
Dear Lord we ask that You will uphold,and help those of Your children who
are suffering for You,and ask that You will intervene,Amen