Hope is rising
Monday | 10 November 2025
I saw the hand of the Lord reach down into the earth, digging through the hardened ground with ease. Like the bucket of an excavator. I sensed He was unearthing something, like an archaeologist uncovering what was buried long ago.
As I wondered where He was digging, I saw a picture of a church which reminded me of St Mary’s cathedral in Sydney. A picture of a koala flashed in my mind, followed by the sound of kookaburras. In that moment, I felt a deep longing for my nation, Australia, to be flooded with the light of God’s love. I asked the Lord:
“What are we to declare over Australia?”
Immediately, Ezekiel 37 came to mind (especially v11 &12), along with lyrics from a song (“It’s Time” – Lindell Cooley).
“It’s time for the dead and gone
Time for the broken ones to live again
It’s time, time for the dead to rise
Time for the wings to fly, to live again
I can hear the calling
I can hear the sound of rain
Over the mountains and over the valleys
I hear the calling, it’s time.”
I believe God is digging up graves in Australia. Graves where purpose, passion, destiny and His dreams have been laid to rest. They were buried under complacency, distraction, fear, discouragement, or love for their own lives. God is excavating the bones of purpose, the bones of passion, the bones of destiny and the bones of His dreams. He is laying them out in the valley. He is setting them out for his prophets to prophesy over them! Just as in Ezekiel 37, where He commands Ezekiel:
“Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.’”
It feels like a call to intersession. That the church in Australia would be awakened and equipped with the necessary internal components to carry the Fathers dream for this nation in their hearts. That His heart for Australia would burn within us, at the same intensity as it does in His. His act of digging and exposing what’s dead is to be met with your act of declaring life, flesh and skin as a prophetic intersession.
I believe He is resurrecting hope in this nation, reviving what seemed long dead. Just as an army rose up from dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision, I believe God is raising up an army in Australia. An army that will appear to come from nowhere yet has been here all along. As they rise, so too does the hope of the nation.