Inner Garrisons of Edom

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the story as a map of inner states. The garrisons in Edom are not soldiers in a distant land, but steadfast stations of your awareness planted in the 'land' of your lower nature. Edom, the red country, represents habits and reactions you have believed governed you apart from your true kingly self. By placing garrisons there, you declare: I claim this territory for the king within. The Edomites becoming servants mirrors the surrender of hostile conditioning to your sovereign I AM. Each servant is a habit or fear you no longer allow to command your actions; they exist to serve your present dominion, not rule you. The phrase Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went translates to: your awareness, your I AM, preserves the self that acts from conviction. When you move through any situation—whether challenge or opportunity—your inner guard stands as witness to your kingship. The power is not in events but in the state you occupy. As you dwell in the feeling of the I AM guiding you, providence follows, and your outward circumstances reflect the inner order you have assumed.