Governing Inner Cabinet

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the verse you are not reading names; you are hearing the I AM appointing the state of your being. The host over which Joab presides is the stream of thoughts that march through your days. The recorder Jehoshaphat is memory that keeps a lawful record of what you permit to be stated into your world. The priests—Zadok and Abimelech—and the scribe Shavsha symbolize your higher faculties translating inner impressions into outward form. Benaiah over the Cherethites and Pelethites represents the disciplined forces of action and protection—will, courage, and steadfastness—guarding the kingdom from chaos. The sons of David, gathered about the king, are your inner advisers—the many facets of your consciousness that stand about your central I AM, the ruler who governs without strain. When you acknowledge and revise this inner cabinet, you are reorganizing your inner atmosphere so that thoughts, memories, laws, and loyalties support the one presence you call king. The outer world then conforms to the quiet governance you have quietly authorized within.