I want you to look out the window at the fields and the soil that belongs to our family. We see this ground every day, and it is easy to take it for granted. But I want to tell you a truth that you must carry with you for the rest of your lives: this land is the most valuable asset we have, and our greatest goal should be to guard it, work it, and expand our borders whenever we are given the opportunity. Everything else in this world—money, machines, or things bought from a store—can be printed, manufactured, or taken away by men. But nobody is making any more land. It is a finite, sacred resource, and it is the true foundation of our freedom.
But we must never forget the most important truth of all: this land belongs to God first. He has entrusted it to us as stewards, and it is a gift that can be taken away by Him if we ever forget Him and turn our hearts away from His truth. Throughout history, when people forgot the Creator who blessed them, they lost the very ground they walked on. True ownership requires humble stewardship and constant thankfulness to the One who provides the rain and the increase.
Right now, there is a quiet race happening across America. The wealthiest individuals and corporations in the world are buying up farmland and acreage at an unprecedented pace. They aren’t doing this on a whim. They know a profound secret: whoever controls the land controls the food, the water, and the future. They want to turn a nation of independent producers into a nation of dependent renters. When you rely on a corporation for the ground you stand on and the food on your plate, you live by their rules.
We choose a different path, and that is why I want to encourage every single one of you to learn to grow your own food. Look back at history. The strongest, healthiest, and freest men were those who had a direct connection to the soil and a deep reverence for the Lord. When a family owned their own land and knew how to work it, they possessed a quiet, unstoppable power. They didn’t have to worry about broken supply chains, skyrocketing grocery prices, or corporate chemicals. Their health was in their own hands because they ate straight from the earth, and their freedom was absolute because they answered to God and the seasons—not to a landlord or a corporate board.
When you can put a seed in the ground, tend it, and feed your own family, you are truly free.
The world will try to convince you that wealth is a number on a digital screen. Do not fall for it. Digital wealth can evaporate in a moment, but the soil remains. This land is here to shelter you, to feed you, and to sustain your own children long after I am gone, provided we walk righteously on it. Let’s work together to care for what we have, build upon it, and extend our borders so that future generations of our family will always have a place to stand, grow, and serve Him in freedom.
I am sharing this with you because the Lord put this message heavily on my heart to give to my own children tonight during our family night. As I prepare to speak these words to them, I find myself praying often that other families across our nation would be able to experience the deep peace, health, and freedom that comes from connecting ourselves to the land and to Him. My prayer is that our children, and yours, will experience a true desire to keep their own land in their family, or seek to purchase it for themselves if they haven’t yet. There is such a profound blessing in a generation that refuses to let go of the soil.
Remember too that getting back in the kitchen and preparing your own food is a simple, powerful start to reclaiming your freedom.
My prayer for you and your household as we head into these colder months, is that you will be able to deeply nourish your family, truly enjoy your relationships, and live a more peaceful and free life. May we all be faithful stewards of what we’ve been given.
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Quotes of the Week
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bonds.”
— Thomas Jefferson, 1785 letter to John Jay
“You can’t buy freedom, but you can grow it. When we grow our own food, we take back our power.”
— Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights leader and champion of community farming
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