“I am doing important work, so I cannot come down. I don’t want the work to stop just so I can come down and meet with you.” Nehemiah 6:3
In this current political moment, there are many who are thinking, whispering or shouting statements like…
“We deserved this. God is punishing us for how we have neglected him.”
“The values you have been pushing were repudiated. It is our time to shine now.”
“Stop trying to usher in a Kingdom-minded culture through politics. Stay out of this arena and keep evangelizing.”
I tend to mostly agree with my buddy Joseph Backholm, speaker, writer, cultural influencer and former head of our sister family policy council in Washington State who wrote…
“Clearly not a good night for Republicans. Quick thoughts:
1. It was Trump. Tariffs and Iran seem most relevant to me.
2. I regret nothing. It was understood that there was a cost to Trump. The cost of Hillary would have been MUCH greater.
3. Trump was useful in exposing and stopping leftism. I’m thankful he did that, but he had neither the temperament nor worldview to create a vision of what we should aspire to as a nation.
But someone has to.
4. This was a rebuke of Trump, not an endorsement of leftism. The Ds will interpret this to mean that America wants taxpayer-funded sex change for prisoners and they will be wrong.
5. There is no chance D’s use this opportunity well. Their worldview is incapable of constructing something helpful. So the country will be ready for someone hopeful and aspirational who isn’t a socialist. Rubio and DeSantis seem the most likely candidates to me.”
I would add Vice President JD Vance to that list. And that Trump’s love for country, borders and freedom have been inspirational and impactful.
Ultimately, we keep pressing and building walls as the prophet Jeremiah did nearly 2,500 years ago.
For generations, Jerusalem’s walls lay in ruins after Nebuchadnezzar’s army destroyed the city in 586 BC. Nearly 140 years later, Nehemiah, a cupbearer to the Persian king, learned that the wall remained broken and its gates burned, leaving the families of Israel vulnerable to attack. Heartbroken, he wept, fasted, and prayed until the king granted him permission to rebuild.
From the moment Nehemiah began, critics mocked and threatened him. As the wall neared completion, his opponents repeatedly tried to lure him away for meetings. Each time, he refused: “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:3, NKJV)
Nehemiah recognized that his enemies were trying to derail the work God had assigned to him. They attempted to intimidate him and smear his reputation, yet the wall was completed in just 52 days. In the end, even his adversaries realized (to their dismay) that the work was accomplished through God’s divine intervention (“When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.” Nehemiah 6:15-16).
What can we learn from Nehemiah’s story?
America’s walls – the moral foundation that protects our families – have been torn down brick by brick by the progressive movement. Traditional marriage and the nuclear family are eroding at an alarming rate. The LGBT movement seeks to indoctrinate our children and undermine God’s design for human sexuality. The sanctity of life faces persistent attacks through abortion and assisted suicide.
Alaska Family Council and our allies across the nation are at work every single day to rebuild moral foundations and restore biblical truth. Our opponents want us to come down from the wall. They want churches to “stay in their lane” and not speak about politics or elections. They want Christian politicians to “leave their faith at the door.” They want to remove God from governance and the public square. We won’t let that happen.
The Left may smear us and mock us, but we know our calling is from God. Like Nehemiah, we will not be distracted, intimidated, or lulled into complacency. We are standing firm in the mission He has assigned us.
With God’s anointing on our work, we look forward to the day when even our opponents acknowledge that these victories were achieved through His grace alone.
Rebuilding the wall requires resources. This year, our goal is to raise $150,000 by December 31st to be prepared to engage in 2027. And you can help us build the wall.
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Onward for the Kingdom !