Submitting to Every Ordinance

Neville's Inner Vision

Submission in Peter's verse is not a surrender to power but a disciplined inner alignment. When you acknowledge that the 'king' or the 'ordinance' stands as a surface image, you acknowledge the I AM behind all forms. Your true sovereign is consciousness itself, and obedience is a feeling of harmony with that consciousness, not a struggle to bend external will. Imagine you are the cause of the events you meet, that the law you face is a mirror of your inner state. By assuming you are already in harmony with every ordinance for the Lord's sake, you re-create your experience from the inside out. If you resist a rule, revise your inner state to one of peace, trust, and creative cooperation; your outer circumstances will reflect your inner revision. The verse invites faithfulness and lawful living as expressions of love; Neville would call this the felt reality of your I AM, the constant government of your being by divine truth. Act from that inner sovereignty, and outward obedience becomes a joyful demonstration of your true nature.