Temple of the I Am

Neville's Inner Vision

Read psychologically, this verse recasts hunger and the body as inner states rather than external facts. The line 'meats for the belly' names the appetite as a temporary sensation, while 'the body is for the Lord' declares your true allegiance to the I AM, the realm of awareness that animates every choice. You are not your cravings or your form; you are the consciousness that witnesses them and can decide their meaning. When you affirm 'the Lord for the body,' you are choosing to exist as obedience and faithfulness rather than reaction. In Neville's method, the outer world reflects the inner assumption; therefore, let the 'God shall destroy both it and them' speak as a dissolution of old identities, not a punishment. Allow the sense of being the Lord’s temple to displace old loves, fears, and impulses, so that action, thought, and sensation harmonize with purity. The result is a new alignment in which desire serves the higher purpose of the I AM, and your body becomes a seamless instrument of that divine will.