The Bed Image of Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the image placed in the bed is the mind's counterfeit picture—the belief that David's life hangs on cunning, not on the I AM. Saul's plan to recover him by force is the outer drama that would reveal the truth about the inner state. Michal's ruse does not change the fact that God is the true actor; it shows how a single false image can hold off a crisis for a moment, until the consciousness reclaims its dominion. In Neville's psychology, you are not fighting Saul but your own fear-imagination. The danger is a state of consciousness you have identified with; you can revise it by taking on David's posture—the awareness that you are already safe in God, that the body does not determine life. By choosing the I AM as your reality and imagining the bed filled with a new image—one of vitality, calm, and resilience—you collapse the impression of imminent threat. The outer events then harmonize with your inner truth, and what seemed a conspiracy becomes a demonstration of inner power.