In Ezekiel chapter 37, there is a prophecy concerning a valley full of dry bones. The Lord shows the bones to Ezekiel and commands him to prophecy life to the bones. Ezekiel speaks the word of the Lord, and the Lord raises up an Army, attaching flesh and tendons to the dry bones until they become men once again.
I believe that we have arrived at a pivotal moment in history. The stage is set for the rise of the Lord’s end-time prophetic army. Never has a generation of young people been so apathetic, so calloused, and so disinterested in the things of God. My belief is that this generation IS a valley of dry bones, wasting away beneath the hot sun of the status quo and waiting for a prophet to speak life into them.
“I’m just radical enough to believe that God can use me as the prophet.”
Radical Christianity was intended for every single believer who ever accepted Jesus into their heart. The very nature of the gospel is radical. Radical love. Radical sacrifice. Radical power. Jesus revolutionized a culture in the space of three years of public ministry because of the uncompromising, in-your-face nature of the truth that He spoke. He was a revolutionary.
We tend to think of radical Christians as fringe dwellers, way out on the edge of faith and purity with their fasting and devotion, their love and belief in the Word of God. In truth, every single human being was intended to go off the deep end in their journey with the God who created us all. Radical faith is not an innovation. It’s the way life was intended to be by the giver of life.
You’re looking at prayer and fasting as a major imposition and interruption to your life, but the truth is that if you’re not praying and fasting you’re not yet living life the way that it was intended to be lived. You’re not sold out yet because you’ve not yet experienced Jesus as the center of your being. He was never intended to be “fit in” to your schedule, marginalized by your endless to-do list.
Radical Christianity is for YOU. It’s for all of you. Every one of you. Period.
