The Inner King Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a drama of your own states of consciousness. Nahash, the Ammonite king, stands for fear—an external menace that would threaten your sense of safety. In the moment you declare a king to reign, you are naming a particular mental state you identify with. The Lord your God as king is the I AM within you—awareness that governs from the inner throne. When you choose to fear and to obey the inner command of your life, you align with the I AM, and thus you and the ruler you have set over yourself proceed in harmony with the divine order. The condition 'If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice' is not external compliance but a revision of your inner state: you consent to the divine law flowing through you, and the outer world follows that inner alignment. Conversely, rebellion against the commandment of the LORD equates to a shift of identification away from the I AM, inviting the sense that the hand of the LORD is against you—your own inner resistance becoming outward circumstance. In this light, the 'king' is a symbol of a fixed belief, and true reign comes by restoring the I AM as ruler.