Inner Courage for Persecution

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, the verse reveals that danger or harm is never inflicted by the external world but arises from a state of consciousness that forgets its oneness with God. If you are intent on following good, you awaken a shield of awareness that no outward circumstance can pierce. Sanctifying the Lord God in your hearts is not a ritual but a shift of attention: you acknowledge the I AM as the ruling center, and from that awareness your words and deeds flow as a natural expression of divine life. When you are called to account or faced with fear, the instruction to be ready to answer becomes the discipline of remaining centered in that inner light, speaking from the conviction of hope rather than from defense. A clean conscience is not about avoiding blame but about maintaining a truthful alignment with your inner state; those who accuse you reveal the limits of their own present awareness. It is better to suffer for well doing because such suffering is the refining fire that returns you to your unity with God and opens the doorway to the future you envision.