DAY 37: Jesus' Protest Culture

By David Bradshaw (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 Gen Z across the earth is finding their voice for lasting change, Jesus Christ is actually building a protest culture, 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 more deeply about 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 the universities of America? Can you see a great spiritual awakening sweeping the campuses of America and the nations, specifically 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, and 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.

There was a lady named Hannah in ancient Israel. She was barren and passionately longed for a son. In light of her barrenness, she did more than wallow in self-pity or anger. She knew that she had 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 named Eli thought she was drunk because she was praying 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 the greatest prophet of her entire generation named Samuel. When was your last passionate prayer like this? What was it for?

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 in Gen Z!”

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.”