Mining Eil Shaddai

Eil (pronounced "eal"--a long 'e' followed by an 'l') is the ancient Aramaic/ proto-Hebrew name of God. This per Victor Alexander's blog post "Old Garments." In his post "The God of Abraham," Alexander says, "Eil means 'He Is,' as in the 'I AM.'" In other words, Eil is YHWH. He is the eternal sustainer of our lives and the provider for them. It is by Eil's grace that we exist at all; it is only because He wills it! So I am flabbergasted, absolutely flummoxed, that people are so cavalier in their regards to Him. They have no deference to Him at all? It is like they consider Him, The Infinite and Eternal, to be THEIR slave instead of the other way around: "I just tell the universe--God--what I want, and it has to get it for me." WHAT?!! It is just so much "Me, me, me, me, me entitled masturbation.

I advocate praying for miracles, and as Eil's representative sometimes demanding them. But the miracles themselves EVIDENCE the Power and the Wisdom and the Glory of Him with whom we have to do, with Whom we ARE doing!! If you are not shaken a bit by an obviously deliberate manifestation, you are not really clear on the concept of, well, anything. HE is imagining, dreaming US. As such, though we are therefore Him, we are 1000% SUBJECT to Him. He can make us kings and queens, or blot us out of existence. He can imagine us in a very real, blasting hot, smelly and horrible hell. WE SHOULDN'T GIVE HIM REASON TO!!

He is Eil, the Almighty. It is the simple, clear, unvarnished truth that He DESERVES respect and honor and worshipful glory from that which He has made. We are made. We do not command Him; He commands us. Yes, we want success, but let us not put success before wanting Eil, from whom it comes. In John 6:26 and 27 Jesus said, "You want me, not because you saw miracles, except that you may eat your fill of bread. Do not work for the food that perishes, except [for] the food that [destines] you for eternal Life* (...that fastens [you] to Lives [to the end] of the universe). The hand of the Son of Man will give [it to] you. For [upon] this has the Father placed the seal of God" (Alexander)." We may think of that Son of Man as a man outside of ourselves, but He is within us, too. Mine Eil Shaddai for HIM!