There's a big question surrounding deities in fantasy writ. Most authors, it seems, choose to implement the pantheistic approach - much like an Olympian setting - where the gods hold different offices and the commonfolk are superstitious, often praying to one god or another when faced with trials and troubles.
It's not often that a single god is used as the representation of higher powers. It is as if equal deities can rule in accord, keeping to their own areas and not overlapping into the natural realm. When gods do battle, the heavens shake and mankind is adversely affected. Perhaps natural disasters could be attributed to supernatural disagreements.
The question of the supernatural, in reality, is one of importance. Not a question, really, just the whole nature of the supernatural. It's interesting when you meditate and realise just how infinitely powerful God is - creating the universe, setting time in place, giving humans the sentient ability to reason self, seeding in us an eternal destiny - and that in spite of how impossible it is to actually comprehend Him, the Holy Spirit enables us to experience His grace and love and allows us to worship Him in freedom.
Christian fantasy couldn't allow for more than a single all-powerful entity, responsible for the creation of the world - or perhaps worlds. One who is reachable, not unattainable; One who grants power to the worthy, not mere mortals gaining power in their own strength; One who is a part of all things from the beginning.
My story has a Creator.
-Timotheos
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