Australia will emerge as one of the most strategically important nations in the world over the next two decades. It will be one of the leading nations in the newer world that is about to emerge. Australia will begin to fulfill its original name, “the great South Land of the Holy Spirit.” The people of Australia will have a special love for the Holy Spirit and they will know Him and His works. As they do this, the Holy Spirit will move upon the desert interior of the nation, beginning to make it fertile and fruitful. This will be a sign that the heart of Australia is being changed.

Australia has been given the opportunity to become one of the great “new” nations in the world. It will be different from the European model, the American model, or the Asian model. Australian independence is a gift from God. This has and will be abused by some, but it must be maintained. Australia must be willing to set its own course in politics, economics, and faith.

There is a revolution coming to the whole church and much of this will be driven by Christian education. Australia is called to be a leader in this. There are great churches in Australia, but even so, Christian schools in Australia are accomplishing more for the coming purposes of the Lord than the churches are at this time. However, neither the schools nor the churches have yet perceived the spiritual revolution that they are called to lead, and both are still far from their full purpose. There will be a revolution without rebellion, but a revolution of purpose.

Just as it took Australia a long time to realize its own calling to be a separate nation, it is taking the church in Australia a long time to understand its own unique calling in the Lord. However, the coming spiritual revolution in Australia will come and it will begin to radically transform not only the church life of the Christians in Australia, but transform the nation into a fresh breeze for other nations.

The Lord has put the adventure spirit in the heart of Australia. Australians will mobilize for a noble cause like few other people on the earth. Much of this devotion is the Australian attraction to adventure. The Lord put this in the Australian heart for the purpose of mobilizing one of the great missionary forces in history. In the coming years, Australian missionaries will be found close to the great spiritual advances in almost every country.

This attraction to adventure, which is in the heart of Australians, will be the key factor to mobilizing and motivating the youth of Australia. As the youth in many nations will be drawn to the increasing anointing coming on worship, the arts, and the power gifts of the Spirit, Australian youth will be drawn far more to the adventure of foreign missions.

Australia will not lose its youth to missions—it will lose its youth if they are not given to missions. The churches and ministries that have the strongest missions will begin to draw the next generation and arise as the great lights in the nation. However, the youth must be trained, equipped, and engaged in the good fight. They will not settle for just being spiritual tourists. They are warriors and the ones who will take new territory for the kingdom.

For all of the great cities of Australia and the nation as a whole, missions will be the key to the future. All that are given to missions will return abundantly multiplied because a generation will arise that will use the blessings for the right reasons. Seek the “great grace of God,” that which is by and through His Holy Spirit. Then seek to carry the grace of God to those in need. You will then have all of your needs met and will not be in danger.

PERTH

I saw Perth becoming like a staging base for a great invasion. International ministries started to gather there and others were raised up from among the churches already there. Then a steady stream of ships began leaving for Africa, with an occasional ship turning north toward Asia.

As ships often represent leader-ship, I felt that these represented many leaders being sent to Africa and some to Asia. Some of these ships were troop ships and some were cargo ships. The troop ships were foot soldiers and I knew they represented missionaries going to Africa in great numbers and also to Asia, but in lesser numbers.

NOTE: The cargo ships that I saw were mostly carrying energy in the form of fuel oil, gasoline, and natural gas. I felt strongly that this was both natural and spiritual, but I want to address the natural first. Australia has been blessed with great energy resources that it will learn to distribute wisely, not just for profit, but to nations that will use it wisely. Powerful nations will try to intimidate Australia into selling them their energy resources, but Australia must resist such pressure. These resources are a gift to help developing nations. These nations will become a much bigger blessing to Australia in the long run than the powerful ones such as China who will only increase their intimidation once they see that it works.

In the vision when I saw these troop and cargo ships arrive at the ports, they linked up. Then the troops formed convoys for carrying the energy into the countries. Everywhere they went the lights would come on in villages. I felt these represented churches that were being birthed from the people and resources coming from Western Australia.

There is a great spiritual window of opportunity opening for Perth. If the churches in Perth will unify, the Lord will put Perth on the world map of the church and use it to gather one of the great harvests for the last days, especially in Africa. Perth has been somewhat isolated for a reason. This is a blessing and a protection from the Lord.

SYDNEY

Sydney is already a beautiful and remarkable world-class city. If it humbles itself, and will turn to the morality and integrity of the Lord, it will become one of the most powerful business centers of the world. Great companies that will arise in Australia will be based in Sydney and many others will move their headquarters there. Then Sydney will become the gateway city of the South Pacific and a major door to Southern Asia.

There are many true worshipers in Sydney and their worship is touching the Father in a special way. They are getting heaven’s attention. For this reason some of the great prayer ministries will also be raised up in Sydney that will give birth to powerful spiritual change throughout the region and make the way of the Australian missionaries victorious. Through them Sydney can become a city of power that stands with the great and influential cities of the earth.