Stand Fast in the Lord

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose you are the one who stands fast in the Lord; the verse is not about external conditions but about your inner state. Life is not granted by changing weather of events but by the steadfast posture of awareness called the I AM. When you decide in imagination that you ARE the Lord within—unmoved, faithful, true—every breath quickens with vitality, for you are living from the state you inhabit. To 'stand fast' is to refuse the whirling claims of lack, doubt, or fear and to anchor your attention in the permanent reality that your consciousness is the Lord's dwelling. The verse teaches that 'we live' only as we abide in that inner alignment; you do not wait for circumstances to prove your worth—you enact the truth of your being now, and the world rearranges itself to fit the mood of your imagination. In practical terms, you revise your sense of self until it resonates with the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and you let imagination construct your world from that bedrock. The Lord is not outside you but the I AM within, the unchanging ground against which every event unfolds.