Many have accused Australia of being spiritually immature and backwards. Although in some ways looking in from the outside this may seem true I beg to put forward a different narrative.
I see a nation kept by the hand of God in what looks like being held back to being protected of needing to go through decades of unlearning. Yes the traditions of men and performance systems in traditional church have kept Australia unlearned in many ways to the flow of the spirit and understanding the apostolic and prophetic functions of governing that do bring maturity to the believer.
However the Lord is turning what the enemy has meant for evil for good, and I see a nation crying out for more and humbled by their lack knowing they are in need of a true blue, ridgy didge move of God that cannot be forged by the hands of man.
While many are looking to other nations to come and be our saviour and bring revival and be the “answer” we need, I see a nation at the threshing floor in humility going through the fire in search of the pure and totally dissatisfied with the profane.
I see a nation that is a surprise packet that is paying the price for her oil in this season in the hidden place of purging and shaking. I see a wise virgin nation who know they need fresh oil and aren’t relying on the past glory as the light going forward.
I see a nation knowing they need their God rather than beholding an attitude of conceit that they are the answer to everyone else’s problems.
The Lord raises the humble and while many see our little nation as a nation in need of rescuing, and lacking in understanding, I see a nation of remnant warriors tried and tested in the fire who has no need to be hero’s and saviours but will show the world a better way and that is to love our way to victory.
Brotherly love is born in the fire, where the flesh and self-preservation die. Loving God first is born in the fire where other gods that stand before Him are purged and consumed.
Australia rejoice in this hour of threshing and FIRE! For the Lord delights in you, and as Hebrews 12 says He loves those He chastens.
This is clear definitive evidence of a nation who is not an orphan nation but a nation in whom the Father delights.
As we as a nation step into this fire, all false identities of the orphan spirit will be consumed. We will know how to love as we love Him first and therefore be the redemptive sound to nations he has called us to be.
Anita Alexander
