The Kingdom

"El Elyon!" they all responded confidently.

I nodded, "I could go on and on and say that about everything around us and I'd get the same answer wouldn't I?

They all nodded affirmatively.

"Now, can one of you tell me of the existence of something that El Elyon did not create?"

With surprise on their faces they, to a man, looked toward the forbidding gorge ahead of us.

"That's right. The Creator didn't make the Gargons did He?"

"No sir!" the recruits responded firmly.

"So then, who do you believe is the stronger force to be reckoned with in this gorge right now, monsters without hope of a resurrection or living spirits such as ours who find our right and position of authority in the Master who formed and spoke into existence all that we see around us?" I had them now and I pressed forward all the way, "In the Holy Scrolls it was us humans, created in the image of El Elyon, that were given the right of dominion over this world! Those monsters laying in wait over there are usurpers of our promise! They have no right to be here! They gain power only through fear and we lose authority through our lack of knowledge of what El Elyon crafted within us from the beginning! Who here wants to start over?"

They all pressed closer as I knelt down. They followed suit and I did what I had become increasingly known for, I prayed. "El Elyon, I pray that you would make us men and this woman grounded in the authority that you gifted to our kind in the beginning of this world. You have not been overwhelmed. You have not been surpassed, but You have been largely forgotten along with Your most excellent ways. I pray that would change in the hearts of all of us gathered here. Craft in us the Spirit of power You promised was ours for the asking when You gave Your words to us, recorded down in the Holy Scrolls, by which You told us that we do not live by bread alone but by every word that has come out of Your mouth! Take far from us the self-imposed ignorance of our generations of neglectful thoughts and open in each of us a will to be in Your will alone and no other. Make us conform to Your words and give us the gifts that You've held in store for those who would simply ask for them. Out of a contrite and humble heart we kneel here, dependent on You and You alone to do what we could never do on our own, for in You all things are possible! We give You the glory, the honor, and all the praise for the victory we are about to claim through the power of Your Name, El Elyon! Amen."