Prairie Dogs
“Raise your eyes all around and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be [a]carried on the hip.” (Isaiah 60:4)
On a family trip to South Dakota when I was in my early teens, leaving our home in Cedar Falls, Iowa, we went to the Badlands National Park. Our main goal was to see the roaming big, burly buffalo. But what fascinated me the most, as I can remember, were the prairie dogs.
When the sentries, the ones keeping watch over their kin, popped their heads out of the hole, it was so cute. They stood straight and tall (as much as they could being the size of a squirrel). But these guys were on a mission, doing their assigned job, to watch out for their own.
When I woke up from my sleep in the Jerusalem, Israel apartment we were staying in, “prairie dogs” was on my mind. I wasn’t dreaming, nor had I recently read or heard someone mention them. Just the words, “prairie dogs” in my mind. “Lord, what are you telling me”, I prayed. “Prairie dogs?”
I sought a little further, and the Holy Spirit seemed to explain that there have been, and more are coming, ones who will be as prairie dogs for the Jewish people in Israel. These ones will be Christians.
Do I understand all what He is saying? No, I do not. But after being here in their Land Israel, supporting them as we have through the work of Christian Friends of Israel, my understanding grows.
I see more Christians coming in fulfillment of the Lord prophetic words.
Christians, “grafted in” ones as the Bible says in Romans 11, will be used by the Lord to be watchmen, to be protectants, to assist the Jews as He brings them back to their promised Land.
I have heard the call. I am taking my place. If the Lord sees me and others as “prairie dogs”, so be it. I want to be the best prairie dog I can.
I pray you too will know and walk in the glorious plans and purposes He has established for you. Be as He desires You to be.
Ahava and Shalom,
Steve Martin
Love For His People Ministry
Jerusalem, Israel
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Message #19 of my new “Jerusalem 2025”series. “Prairie Dogs” Dec. 24, 2025 | 
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Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your head from the Lord Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach.
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People
Charlotte, NC USA