Inner Trust, No Temptation

Neville's Inner Vision

To tempt Christ is to doubt the living I AM within you, as if the sacred presence were distant or unreliable. In the Neville view, God is consciousness—the I AM that perceives thoughts and feels the world through you. When you resist the immediate reality of this inner Christ by questioning or proving, you invite the serpents of fear and lack to bite at your sense of safety. The wilderness story becomes your inner landscape: doubt clutches the moment you forget that awareness is not separate from your life but its source. The 'serpents' are not external beasts but the habit of sensing yourself as separate from the divine stream. When you choose not to tempt, you align with the simple truth that your consciousness itself creates the conditions you experience. You are not seeking blessing from without; you are the I AM—present, complete, and sustaining. Temptation dissolves where firm inner trust is established, and the inner world reflects a calm, serpent-free garden.