There was a time, warriors, when we were dead to Spirit power. This is the way we formerly walked on a path that appeared to be smooth but led only into darkness. We were tricked by the ruler of the kingdom of the air. This is the trickster spirit who is alive in all who are disobedient to our Great Chief and Captain. Every one of us once lived among the disobedient at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. We were careless, rebellious and unbelieving, going against the purposes of our Great Chief and Captain.

Some of us ended up following the alcohol way, some of us drank our way into oblivion and yet others of us were eaten alive by anger, allowing bitterness to color every aspect of our lives, destroying our children and loved ones in the process. We were by nature children of God’s wrath and deserving of nothing good.

But our Great Chief and Captain, so incredibly rich in mercy and overflowing with love, reached out to us when we were on that dark path and made us alive in Christ Jesus Yeshua! He birthed us into Spirit power and raised us up with Jesus Yeshua and seated us there with him in the heavenly realms. He did all this in order to demonstrate the incomparable, immeasurable and limitless riches of his free grace given through belief in his son. This unearned and unmerited favor is expressed in his kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus Yeshua.

Let us remain in Spirit power, warriors, even if it means re-climbing the Sacred Mountain, whether in Spirit or in body. Let us leave the clamor and noise of a crazy-making world and tune in to the voice of Creator Yahweh.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Luke 9:28-35. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Richard Twiss at Wiconi Family Camp and Powwow, 2010)