AN UPDATE FROM NATE
Hey everyone,
It’s been over a week now since I have posted online or sent an email and many of you may have seen why and many more of you may not have.
One of the hardest weeks of my life but definitely a shifting point too. I would have posted more except it was even hard to text or type.
More on that soon.
But this post isn’t about me.
We arrived in Sydney a week and a half ago on the back of a few wild weeks of kids being sick and crazy warfare in many areas. We knew this was going to be a trip of spiritual confrontation.
As soon as we landed, we both could sense the enemy’s grasp that was tighter around the throat of our land.
We could feel the apathy that was suffocating and the acceptance of other idols and gods that was rampant.
So jet lagged but zealous, I prayed at the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. I could hear the deafening noise of worship to these gods and ideologies.
That night I woke up with my eyes glued shut and my throat in agony. I couldn’t see, and every word was like razor blades.
Arriving in Adelaide is another story, but let’s just say that we attended a conference called The Voice and I lost mine…momentarily and am still getting it back at the time you are reading this email.
The war is real, and we have to see through spiritual eyes right now.
We aren’t in the kindergarten playground throwing sand. This is for real. Nations and souls hang in the balance.
And a church that chooses to hide in the bush when there’s a bully in the school yard is an ineffective one.
I’ve said this for a while now. It’s level-up time, even for me. And I have been schooled in this for the last few weeks. 😜
But I know this: The only authority you have over a storm is the authority you get by facing a storm.
Right now, I feel like what many are facing isn’t what they think they are facing.
It’s bigger than you. You are just the target the enemy is aiming at. But it’s what you represent and what you have said yes to.
This is personal but also governmental. We are in a tearing down altars season and resetting nations, but this doesn’t happen any other way than by throwing dynamite into the darkness.
It’s gonna get messy. It will stir things up. It will stir people up against you. You will feel messy.
You are going to learn quickly what works and what doesn’t—learning from your mistakes and being real about what has been holding you back.
Because if David didn’t defeat the giant of rejection in his heart, he wouldn’t have taken down Goliath.
The sword in your hand is only as effective as it’s allowed to point inwards at your inner foxes.
And right now we are in the tension of both.
The fight within and the fight for nations.
But I say - level-up people of God.
Put on your worship.
Sure, I wallowed in pity a little this week for a bit. I was hit on many fronts and from many angles.
The attack was beyond anything I have known, and I have seen and endured a lot in my 41 years.
I had to lean into the counsel of the Lord and disappear until I heard clearly what I was facing.
I had to ascend the hill and take my fears there and let them die so my roar would come forth and lead me to victory.
So there it is. If you are facing something right now, please hear my words and stand in faith and fight—knowing Who fights for us!
Knowing the good good Father we serve.
And just a side note - the battle against me was not at me but at my nation.
In 1606, a Spanish explorer called it the great South Land of the Holy Spirit.
RUACH was released that day, prophesying over Australia that it would be a nation of mighty voices.
But right now, the war on its voice is all too real.
Pray with me for Australia and for our voice to be released.
Oh, and you’ll hear me roaring real soon…
But also pray for the church to rise up amidst adversity because this is a threshold of authority, and we can’t be in a sickbed when we have been given ALL AUTHORITY.
We get to determine what goes on in our homes and nations. But we can’t live with our guard down. We can’t keep being naive when there are murky waters that need purifying.
Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. [1 John 4:4]
So look around you at the swirl and drama surrounding you today and rise above it.
The battle you see is not THE battle. There is a greater war being waged, and you get to speak into it.
Rise above. Rest in the Father. And lean into His voice.
Oh, and lastly, THANK YOU to the thousands who have been praying for me this past week. It honestly wrecked me to read some of your prayers and words and see so many storming Heaven on my behalf, lifting up my arms. THANK YOU for standing with us in this bi-continental calling we have to the USA and Australia.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” - Psalms 34:19
More to say soon… 🦁🦁🦁
Nate