Be Strong: Divine Presence Now

Neville's Inner Vision

In this line lies a map of the inner life. David does not command action from exterior effort alone; he invites a state of consciousness. Be strong and of good courage is a command to dwell in conviction, not in fear, and to act from a lifted sense of self. The fear not and be not dismayed are not admonitions to suppress feeling but a call to align feeling with the truth that the I AM within you accompanies every step. When the text says the LORD God will be with thee, reinterpret it as the I AM presence within your own awareness, the steady, unyielding witness that never leaves you as you move toward your life work. The promise that He will not fail thee nor forsake thee is the assurance that your inner state when steadfast will redraw circumstance to favor your course, until the work is finished. This is not a future hoping; it is a present assumption that binds your acts to divine continuous support, until you have realized your goal in consciousness first.