Inner Kingship in 1 Kings

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the scene as a map of consciousness. The 'remnant of the sodomites' is any stubborn belief or habit you have not yet ruled by the I AM. Asa’s era stands for a prior discipline of purification; this verse says that when the inner land is purged, a new order can take form. 'There was no king in Edom' points to a moment when your outer circumstances seem to lack rightful authority, ruled instead by a 'deputy'—a smaller, anxious thought or compromised self-image. In Neville’s psychology, the removal of that deputy is not external reform but inner revision. When you assume that the I AM is king over every chamber of your consciousness, you restore sovereignty. The land—your thoughts, feelings, and decisions—respond to the one ruler you affirm. The old remnant dissolves as you dwell in the felt sense of dominion, and the world you encounter rises to meet that inner decree. You are simply the I AM choosing to reign; your outer life becomes a faithful echo of that inner government.