Inner Loyalty in 1 Kings 11:3

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon's outward abundance is but a symbol of the inner state where the heart forgets its allegiance. The seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines are not persons but multitudinous desires, claims upon attention that confuse the kingdom within. In Neville's language, they are states of consciousness wearing the mask of persons and events; when I mistake these proliferating salients for reality, my awareness dilutes, and the heart veers toward idolatry of appearances, not covenant loyalty. The lore here invites me to notice that the true king, the I AM, remains intact behind all impressions. The 'wives' do not own power; they merely reflect the momentary turnings of my inner world. By refusing to grant one superior allegiance to any form but the inner God, I bring the heart back to its true rule. The moment I acknowledge that my reality is the result of one sovereign self-knowledge, the inner idolatries lose their magnetism, and the heart returns to loyal worship of the I AM.