The burst after Cade was the strongest yet. Dan felt himself almost black out but willed himself steady. Years of practice controlling himself and dwelling/dealing in the spiritual realm were all that were keeping him conscious at this point. He looked at the minister as he turned and faced him.

“Well it seems I’m being allowed to make some personal comments here. You know, I had hoped that my son would be the spiritual center of his friends. Of course I wanted him to surround himself with Christian people but I wanted him to be the spiritual leader. I never thought he would meet an actual angel though.” Dan’s eyes bucked. There were only a handful of people who knew what he was at his core. What was revealed to him. He himself hadn’t even told his family about God telling him about him being an angel. What that meant. How at one time he could feel the actual wings on his back. Mostly because they wouldn’t have believed him. They would think it was his imagination. Like everyone would. “Yeah, it’s pretty hard to miss if you’re in tune with the Holy Spirit,” Eli’s father continued. “Quite frankly you’re only like the second or third one I’ve ever met. And a young one at that. To be honest, it’s an honor.” Eli’s father actually bowed slightly. “Oh please, that’s not necessary,” Dan strained through a smile that made his eyes close. “I’m just a servant like you. I am who God made me.”

“Then why do you still hide your power?”

Dan took a step back not at the words necessarily, but at the tone. He knew that voice. He knew that tone. Dan was in trouble. Sure enough, when Dan opened his eyes and looked at the minister in front of him, Eli’s father’s eyes were all but glazed over and his posture was straight and authoritative. “I have given you more than the power you asked for and yet you hide it from those around you. You know the call I have placed on you. And I will admit, in the last 10 years or so you have made yourself more and more available to me. We have seen some especially great growth and usage in the last 2 years. So unlike your friends here, since you have already pledged your life to my whims, I would like to offer you a choice. I already know that you accept that I have a great work for you to do. You have proven that much. But will you finally leave that life behind? Will you become 100% devoted to me? You knew I would come and ask you to do so eventually. Do you accept to finally cultivate and use the spark I placed in you so long ago and use it for My Glory and My Glory alone?”

Dan knew who he was talking to, or rather, who was talking to him. He also knew what He meant by that life. He knew this day would come. He even felt it was soon. Although, he truly loathed the fact that it had to happen at a revival. What a cliché. But he was ready. His posture relaxed as he looked up at the body of the minister being used. “You know, while I do appreciate the dramatics here, you could have done this when I got home,” Dan joked. The minister’s body chuckled. “No I couldn’t have. You’ll see why once you say yes. I do need to hear it from you.” Dan straightened and with a confident, genuine smile said, “yes. I do. I would love nothing more than to be used as a vessel for whatever work you see fit. I’m always down for whatever you got for me.”

As many times as Dan had made that confirmation, this time felt different. All of a sudden he felt all the power that he had before and then more. So much more. It was so much energy but it was inside of him. He felt like he would burst if he didn’t let it out. “Run,” he heard the voice from the minister’s body say. “Come on. You’ve got to be kidding me. You know I’m not one of those people that run around the church when the Spirit hits.” “Well today you are. Run around this sanctuary seven times, touching the back of each one of your friends in succession on the completion of each lap. Then on the last round, touch your own stomach. Then do what you did that one time in college and touch and transfer some power to this guy.” He motioned towards Eli’s father’s body, the same body that He was using. “He’s got just enough energy left to last till you get done. I’ll be leaving pretty abruptly once you do.” The minister’s body reached out and clasped his hands on Dan’s shoulders. “I am so proud of you. They will have a lot of questions,” he said while looking over to Dan’s friends. “But I have been preparing you and training you for this literally since you were little. Just remember what you have learned over the past few years: your particular imagination isn’t always fake. I gave you the ability to conceive concepts others just can’t understand or believe. This is a gift. Use it just like you’ve used all the others thus far.” Dan smiled widely and nodded. “Now run!”

Dan took off to his open right. The sanctuary floor was one big rectangle, with two columns of pews separated by a center aisle. As Dan ran he noticed that it felt good to release the pent up energy he was feeling. The more he ran, the more energy he released. But then he noticed he was going way too fast. Faster than he’d ever ran before. Now Dan wasn’t a skinny guy. He was actually just barely overweight according to his BMI. But secretly he liked running. He would do it more often if it wasn’t for that sticky in-between state that came with starting to sweat. But he noticed he was running the straight lengths of the floor abnormally fast while almost parkouring the corners – and he definitely didn’t know parkour. He finished his laps, remembering to pat his friends’ backs at the end of each one. When he got done he was breathing hard. The sanctuary wasn’t exactly small but it wasn’t a megachurch either. The congregation pews could hold about 250 – 300 people he assumed.

He finished his last lap and got to the minister who seemed to just be patiently waiting. After touching his own stomach, Dan put his right hand on the man’s shoulder and his left on the man’s stomach. It’s been a while since I’ve done a power transfer by touch. Especially from my own reserve. He focused and felt his own spiritual energy. This is something he did rather often so it wasn’t that difficult for him. But he immediately noticed the change. His energy felt different. It felt…tangible. He could always feel his spiritual energy but it actually felt like something now. He decided to just go with it and started to transfer some power to Eli’s father.

Zzzzppp.

He jerked his hand back.

A shock?