Inner Kings: Vanity Provocation

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner reading, Baasha and Elah stand as two stubborn states of mind that rule when I forget the I AM within. Their sins are not distant history but inner dispositions that move me to worship images of power, wealth, and pride. When vanity governs my thoughts, I provoke the LORD God of Israel—the I AM—into anger because I have traded true worship for the counterfeit idol of control. The people become the collective consciousness of my own being, and the faithfulness of that consciousness determines whether I walk in light or stumble in vanity. The warning against provoking covenant loyalty is a call to awaken to the inner temple where no image can take the place of the living God within. By recognizing these inner kings, I can choose to revise them, transforming vanity into faithful awareness that I AM with you, always.