09/05/2026
A few nights ago, I had a dream that I simply cannot shake.
I saw teenagers from every walk of life.
Rich and poor.
Different nationalities.
Different backgrounds.
Different personalities.
But everywhere I looked, I saw young people who were hurting.
I saw teenagers being bullied in their schools.
I saw girls sitting alone in their bedrooms, comparing their bodies to images on a screen and wondering why they could never measure up.
I saw the ones who felt invisible.
The ones who had no friends.
The ones battling depression.
The ones struggling with suicidal thoughts.
I saw teenagers coming from broken homes, carrying wounds they didn't have the words to explain.
And as I looked at them, I heard the voice of the Lord, βI leave the ninety nine for the one.β
I knew in that moment that God was showing me His heart for this generation.
He is going after the one.
He is going after the broken one.
The lonely one.
The rejected one.
The depressed one.
The bullied one.
The confused one.
The one who feels forgotten.
The one who has learned how to smile while silently falling apart.
God has not forgotten our children.
I saw the Lord pursuing teenagers who have been overlooked by the Church, overlooked by their schools, overlooked by their peers, and sometimes even overlooked by their own families.
And then I saw something else.
God was raising up teenagers to go after teenagers.
I saw young people who carry influence using it for the Kingdom. I saw the popular ones befriending the rejected ones.
I saw teenagers with hundreds of friends locking arms with the ones who feel like they have none.
I saw students sitting beside the lonely student at lunch.
I saw young people refusing to walk past the hurting.
I saw a generation saying, βyou don't have to hurt alone.β
There is a missionary movement coming to our schools.
There is an evangelistic movement coming to our hallways.
There is a compassion awakening coming to our youth ministries.
God is going to give our sons and daughters eyes to see what others overlook and hearts to love what others reject.
The Lord is raising up young evangelists who won't wait until they are adults to be used by God.
They will preach in the hallways.
They will pray in the locker rooms.
They will worship in their schools.
They will lay hands on the hurting.
They will sit with the broken.
They will invite the rejected into community.
And the ones who were once hurting will become the ones who help others find healing.
The ones who once felt invisible will become the ones who make others feel seen.
The ones who once cried alone will become the ones who sit beside someone else's tears.
Here comes a generation that refuses to leave the one behind.
Jesus said, βFor the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.β (Matthew 18:11)
I believe we are about to see the heart of the Good Shepherd revealed to a generation.
He is the God who leaves the ninety nine for the one.
And He is raising up a generation of young people that will do the same.
-Jessica Jecker | Simply Jecker