ZIONWORKS NEWS for FEBRUARY 20, 2026
WHAT WILL ZION COST YOU?
Making Zion a reality is much the same as planning and building a homestead complete with a warm and dry house practical for Mom and Dad and safe, healthy for the children. To sustain the homestead requires a means of income, a well-managed economy with workable plan to be out of debt, continual maintenance (that requires a budget, and a budget of time for the labor. [mowing, trimming, house repairs, yard and land repairs and a budget for the tools and equipment for the maintenance). There needs to be a supply of safe water, a means of heating the home, a means of sanitation and a means of safeguarding or perpetuating the home and family. Growth needs to be considered and planned for; the growing size of the family and the growth of knowledge. The place needs to be attractive and inviting to friends and well-meaning strangers. An abundance of healthy food must be assured by the head of the household, as well as a means of ensuring the physical health of each member. Because of the healthy, fundamental need for friendships and relationships outside the home, a means of travel from home to home is vital. A means of travel to buy, sell or exchange goods and services is vital as well as a means to travel to work and to explore the beauties and wonders of the land. A budget for all of this including a means of meeting emergency needs is vital. A recognizable and universally equitable means of exchange of value is vital.
Roads and bridges from home to home and from settlement to settlement become vital. The funds to maintain roads and infrastructure must be generated and those funds must be supplied by the people benefitting from them.
We can see that a well-run small town with its water system, sanitation system, electrical generation and distribution, its clinics, its fire department and first-responders, its specialty shops and specialty laborers and professionals all performing honestly and conscienciosly sounds like an efficient and happy social arrangement. With each person dedicated to Christ and to all members of the community and their well-being…well, that sounds a lot like Zion. All good skills, specialties, industry and fascinating human and spiritual endeavors find an environment for explosive growth and fruition there! It is prophesied that Zion will start out small and keep expanding until it covers a large portion of the United States. Its success will become recognized worldwide as the working model of Christ’s kingdom on earth, proving to the world that God’s word will not return to Him void!
So, where are we now in understanding and applying ourselves in this so practical and do-able enterprise? I have asked this question to a few people this past week and here are a few candid answers I have received. We should discuss this same question at our upcoming meeting this coming Sunday: “People are not willing to go all-in with each other to make Zion a reality.” “We don’t understand the conditions of Zion well enough.” “We should meet together regularly in fellowship, praise and testimony, and come together in developing close friendships.”
Certainly, we have been very blessed in our meetings, our friendship growth, our praise and testimony, our fellowship, and blessings of The Spirit and remarkable healings. These things reinforce the Lord’s pleasure this endeavor, and we are reinforced by the blessing of these friendships and the acts of helping each other, of growth together and reaching out to others in need.
So, we will continue at this coming Sunday’s meeting to plan and execute the tasks Jesus has for us to do as individuals and as a group for making His Zion a working reality. Here are the same topics mentioned for consideration in the last Zionworks News:
*How will those gathering in be housed?
*How will those gathering in be fed?
*How will those gathering in find gainful employment and contribute to Zion?
*How will this community exist and operate “independent” of the world’s infrastructure and commerce?
*What occupations and industries will we need?
*How will we relate with each other without letting our differences interfere? (Cultural upbringing, differing interpretations of scripture, differing lifestyles, differing priorities)
*Will we be perfect in Zion?
*What problems or complexities perplex us at this time about cooperating and lovingly relating, working and worshipping together?
*What will create a Christ-centered bond of permanent and growing friendship?
*Your additional questions and concerns.
* Your visions and hopes.
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I attended Richard Lade’s class last Sunday at South Crysler Restoration Branch on “Last days and Kingdom living”. It was very well researched and foot noted with a large topical scriptural compilation. It was well-presented and attended by a large number of people eager to learn and apply the call to the Kingdom. ‘So good to see and be with people actively engaged in this endeavor.
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REMINDER: Tomorrow, February 21st: WORKDAY at Central Branch, 919 S. Delaware, Independence. Beginning at 9:00 AM. Cleaning and light repairs. We are grateful for the large meeting room this branch has provided for the last two years.
NEXT ZIONWORKS MEETING: This coming Sunday at Central Branch, 919 S. Delaware, Independence at 2:00 PM in the basement. This is for any and all people seeking or curious about Christ’s kingdom on the earth.
Your questions and comments are welcome at zionworkz@protonmail.com
With Christ and his love as our bond,
Your friends at Zionworks,
Jim Huseby, coordinator
