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I like to start with something funny. I heard about these two brothers ages four and six. They were spending the night at their grandmother's house. She told them before they went to bed to make sure they said their prayers.

They went in the bedroom, got down on their knees, and the youngest brother started praying at the top of his lungs. God, I pray for a new bicycle. I pray for a new PlayStation. I pray for a new puppy. His brother stopped him and said, why are you screaming?

God isn't deaf. He said, I know that, but grandmother is. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today, I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about surrounded by the most high. We all have times where we feel like we're surrounded by difficulties, surrounded by sickness, surrounded by death.

Everywhere we turn, it's facing us. It's easy to get discouraged and think, I'll never get out of this. It has me surrounded.

That's the way a young man felt in 2 Kings 6. The king of Erum had just sent a great army with horses and chariots to surround Elisha's house.

They snuck up in the middle of the night and had it totally encircled. The next morning when the young men went out, saw all the horses and chariots, he nearly passed out.

He ran back in totally panicked. Said Elisha, wake up. We're surrounded by the enemy. What are we going to do? Elisha said, don't be afraid. There are more for us than there are against us.

I can hear him saying, what do you mean Elisha? It's just you and me. I saw thousands of them. Elisha prayed, Lord, open his eyes and let him see.

All of a sudden, the young man looked out and saw hundreds of thousands of powerful, warring angels all across the mountainside, standing beside their chariots afire.

He thought he was surrounded by the enemy. The truth is, the enemy was surrounded by our God. Like him, you may be surrounded by trouble, surrounded by sickness, surrounded by an addiction.

But what you can't see is the most high God is surrounding what's surrounding you. Sickness may be surrounding you. You're dealing with an illness.

The good news is, sickness doesn't have the final say. Sickness is surrounded. The right attitude is, cancer, you think you have me surrounded? You better look again. My God has you surrounded.

Dead, you think you're surrounding me? I have bad news for you. The Lord, my provider, is surrounding you. Trouble at work. You think you're going to keep me from my purpose? Depression, you think you're going to stop my destiny? You may have me surrounded. I'll give you that much. But I know a secret the most high God is surrounding you.

When you understand God is surrounding what's surrounding you. You won't go around discouraged because of problems. Worried about finances? Upset because somebody is against you? You'll be like a lysia. You'll stay in peace knowing that there are more for you than there are against you.

I like the lysia pray that God would open the young man's eyes so he could see. There's another world that we cannot see with our physical eyes. If God were to pull back the curtain like he did for this young man and you could see into the unseen realm, you would see all these powerful, warring angels at work on your behalf.

Standing guard, protecting you, pushing back forces of darkness. You would see God moving the wrong people out of the way, lining up things in your favor, good breaks, healing, deliverance. Don't get discouraged by what you see with your physical eyes.

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