Inner Adversaries and Kingship

Neville's Inner Vision

Rezon's rising in 1 Kings 11:23–25 is not a history lesson but a mirror of your own consciousness. God stirs up an adversary, a figure representing a persistent thought, habit, or fear that rises to challenge your inner kingship. He gathers men and takes Damascus as a seat of rule—an inner place where your attention resides and where you sometimes feel compelled to defend your domain. Solomon's long days remind you that such energies can persist, even amid outward success, unless you choose a higher sovereignty. Hadad and the mischief it implies stand for the other voices that would disturb your peace. Neville would counsel you to understand that the stirring arises from your awareness (the I AM) and that you need not battle it. Instead, revise your state: assume the feeling of your inner king already upon the throne of Damascus. See Rezon bowing, not by force but by your conviction that the I AM alone governs. When you dwell in that truth, the 'enemy' loses power, and the Kingdom of God—your unopposed awareness—reigns in you.