When we landed in Australia in April this year, I kept hearing a phrase in my spirit:
“We're in the early hours of revival.”
A week later, the Lord spoke it to me in a different way:
“We're in the early hours of labor.”
Many women know what this feels like—the pain, the pressure, the discomfort, and the fear of the unknown. But in a spiritual sense, the "early hours of birth" represents the beginning of a significant new phase, breakthrough, or change. It’s a time of preparation, anticipation, and the first signs of new life or a new season.
This is what many are feeling right now—that uncomfortable tension between expectation and discomfort. It’s not time to rush to the hospital, but the early contractions are beginning. The pain. The pressure. The fear of the unknown. I felt it, and I see many feeling it too, not just in Australia but around the world.
I believe this is where we are right now.
In the natural, you can see the chaos, the unrest, the darkness trying to overwhelm the light. You can see the political and cultural turmoil, and it may feel like nothing is happening or that the world is going in reverse. But if you tap into the spirit and discern what God is doing, you’ll feel what I feel.
We are in the early hours of birth!
Romans 8:22 tells us, “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” Right now, while we are in these early hours, the labor pangs across the earth are becoming more frequent and intense.
To many, they aren’t obvious yet, but you can sense that something is stirring in the spirit, something that wasn’t there yesterday. These moments may not seem significant, but they are holy, sacred, and pivotal.
I believe the enemy is trying to divert the church’s eyes away from the baby about to be born, focusing instead on the swirling confusion in the world. We’ve been experiencing spiritual earthquakes—shakings that are reforming and unsettling. But this is not to destroy us; it’s preparing us for a divine rumbling and positioning us for birth!
This shaking is reigniting the fire in our bellies, stirring fervor, and aligning us with the Holy Spirit for the hour ahead.
ARE YOU IN PREGNANCY DENIAL?
This is why the enemy has been attacking you, especially in this last trimester. He’s trying to convince you that you’re crazy to think you’ll ever give birth.
You’ve had moments of deep reflection, questioning, "Was this really God? Was it real? Did I misunderstand everything?"
These thoughts are the enemy’s strategy to abort the promise before it even arrives. He wants you to believe that you’ve been chasing an illusion, that you’re not pregnant with anything from God.
Many have thought, "This idea I’m carrying won’t amount to anything," or, "My message and mandate aren’t unique—others are more gifted than me." Some have even felt, "I must be delusional. I don’t have anything special."
In the natural, there’s a rare condition called “denial of pregnancy,” where a woman is unaware of or in denial about her pregnancy until labor or delivery. I believe many are in a similar spiritual condition—denial of their spiritual pregnancy.
Many have felt unsettled because they sense the early contractions of spiritual labor, knowing something is being birthed. Yet, at the same time, they feel a deep despair, questioning whether the promise they were given is even real.
The enemy is attacking in the very area where God is moving the most in your life—both around you and within you. What God is birthing in the earth, He is also birthing in you, through the revealing of His sons and daughters.
You are part of this corporate birthing, and God wants to bring forth His move through you. That’s why the attack has been both global and personal.
I want to encourage you today: You are carrying something precious, even if you don’t see it or fully realize it yet.
And secondly, know that nothing happening in this world—no political system, government, or global power—can stop God from birthing this move of revival. You and I get to be a part of it!
We’re in the early hours of birth, both personally and corporately. It’s time to reignite our fire, reclaim our fight, and push forward.
The early hours are here, my friends. It’s time to see, finally, the fulfillment of what you’ve been dreaming about for years and even decades. Stand ready, for the promise is coming to life!