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Day 26: A Counter-Cultural Generation

By David Bradshaw (David is the founder of Awaken the Dawn.)

“And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily.”
— Luke 18:7-8 ESV

As young people across the earth find their voices for lasting change, Jesus Christ is building a counter-cultural generation. But His primary mechanism for change is surprising to many. According to Jesus, your voice with God in prayer will bring justice quickly. Justice is when wrong things are made right, and there are quite a few issues of injustice that God cares deeply about—more than even the most vocal among us. But perhaps the greatest injustice is that millions in this generation do not know Jesus as He is and are groping in blindness in a search for reality.

But we don’t just see the bleakness of our situation. Through all the darkness, can you visualize what God wants to do in universities around the world? Can you see a great spiritual awakening sweeping campuses and the nations, including your campus or community? Can you give this voice in prayer?

Things are not supposed to stay the way they are. And the great news is that they don’t have to. You have a groan of prayer in your heart. As you give it voice and refuse to relent, God’s dreams will come on earth just like they are in heaven. Your voice has more power than you have any idea.

A woman named Hannah lived in ancient Israel. She was barren and passionately longed for a son. Despite her barrenness, she did more than wallow in self-pity or anger. She knew she had a recourse. She let her voice come before God in prayer for justice—for her barrenness to end.

One day in the temple, the high priest Eli thought she was drunk because she was praying so passionately for God to give her a son. Do you know what God did in response to this kind of prayer? He didn’t just give her a son—He gave her Samuel, the greatest prophet of her entire generation. When was your last passionate prayer like this? Why did you cry out?

Like Hannah, young and old are arising with the prayer: “We want the sons and daughters of this generation, and we are going to lift our voice until something supernatural happens!”

PRAYER POINTS:

• “Father, I ask You for the campuses of my nation. I ask You for justice to come and for this generation to be awakened to see You as You truly are. Open the eyes of my campus and community. Send a great move of the Holy Spirit in this generation. In Jesus’ name, amen.”