Did you see it? That is, the Person of the Year selected by Time magazine’s editors? Each year Time picks the person they believe has had the greatest impact during the past year. The Protester gets that distinction for 2011. Time writer Rick Stengel:

“Everywhere this year, people have complained about the failure of traditional leadership and the fecklessness of institutions. Politicians cannot look beyond the next election, and they refuse to make hard choices. That's one reason we did not select an individual this year. But leadership has come from the bottom of the pyramid, not the top. For capturing and highlighting a global sense of restless promise, for upending governments and conventional wisdom, for combining the oldest of techniques with the newest of technologies to shine a light on human dignity and, finally, for steering the planet on a more democratic though sometimes more dangerous path for the 21st century, the Protester is TIME's 2011 Person of the Year.”

While protests have taken place around the globe, we have heard mostly about Occupy Wall Street. According to the Time article, it was fueled by ‘…three acute and overlapping money crises-tanked economy, systemic financial recklessness, (and) gigantic public debt-' I’ll leave it to you to debate the accuracy of that for yourself. What I would call attention to is that the article pointed out that the protesters were ‘disproportionately young, middle class and educated.’

Young people now, as always, have wanted a cause. Today, it is being expressed in the form of protest. In many places in the world, protesting how a government operates results in a sever response that can and in fact did, cause death. In the U.S. the response of the government is, to say the least, much more tolerable. Nonetheless, there was a widespread willingness to come together to protest what was seen as greed. (For the record, I do not agree with their premise or their actions.)

It does make me wonder-what if Christian young people stood together against the devil and his onslaught against the church? What if Christian young people stood together in protest against what the devil is seeking to do to their peers with alcohol and drugs? What if they protested against the devil and ‘stood’ against him on their knees in fervent prayer? Let me tell you, I think they are!

I for one am very encouraged by this generation of Christian youth and young adults. They are, among other things, ready and willing to go to some of the most difficult places on earth to proclaim the gospel. They are passionate in worship, devoted in Bible study, faithful in church, and desirous of authentic revival.

I want to be more faithful to pray for them and to encourage them for they truly are making the greatest impact!