Inner Temple Realization

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the text says it was in the heart of David to build a house for the name of the LORD. In Neville's terms, the temple is not bricks and timber but a state of consciousness—the inner sanctuary where I AM awareness dwells. When the heart declares, 'I shall build,' the divine response is to acknowledge the reality of that state, even if the outward form awaits another season. The decree that David's son shall complete the work shows that the outer event is a natural expression of an inner state ripening in time; the seed of the temple is planted in consciousness first. You and I are invited to recognize that God's coming forth—the building of the temple—begins within, as a felt sense of the desired name and purpose. To worship truly is to acknowledge the I AM as the builder, and to rest in the knowing that the intention, once held as true, will manifest in its due outer form. So your longing is not denied but translated into present reality by the power of assumption and imagination.