The word of the Lord came to Hosea and said, “Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry, and have children of harlotry, for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the Lord”. Hosea 1:2

During Hosea’s childhood, he witnessed things children should never see. The nation of Israel worshiped pagan deities of the Canaanites. Rampant within their religious festivals were perverted sexual practices, mythology and magic, and alcoholism. It was a dark and dangerous world for innocence to grow.

God is faithful to call out prophets in the worst of times. Like a Charlie Kirk.  He perceives those who have a heart bent toward Him and who have gift for the exposition of truth in culture-current ways. Hosea was chosen, and just as other prophets before him were asked to do difficult things, Hosea was told by God to marry a woman who would eventually prove unfaithful to him. She would become a prostitute. God was going to use this story as a metaphor, a window into God’s own anguish over a faithless people. He would speak with the authority of one who knew betrayal firsthand, pleading with Israel to come home to the love they had forsaken.

Hosea’s marriage became a sermon written in flesh and blood. He lived in a glass house, his pain exposed before a watching world. Yet his sacrifice of privacy became the canvas on which God painted His relentless grace. The message was unmistakable: even when we wander, God does not simply let us go. He pursues. He disciplines. He woos. He never stops pointing us back to the path of return.

Charlie Kirk’s life, in its own way, has been a modern-day parable. He and Erika have lived before the watching eyes of a nation, their private lives laid bare. The cost has been immense, but their openness has become the stage for God’s greater story. Through Charlie, the Gospel has been declared to a culture teetering on the cliff of godlessness. And though Charlie’s voice has now been silenced, his impact thunders on. God is not finished—He is raising up an army of truth-tellers, men and women unashamed to snatch souls from the fire. Revival is not a distant hope; it is within reach.

Do you grieve for someone you love who is resisting God’s embrace? Take heart—there is always a prophet for our times.

I will be Your mouthpiece; willing to say hard things for the reconciliation of lost people. Amen.