Beside the King in Judah

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, this line is not a historical tally but a map of your inner commonwealth. The 'king' represents your ruling consciousness—your I AM—that speaks with authority and steadiness. Those who wait on the king are the inner moods and faculties that attend to his command rather than scatter in fear or dispute. The 'fenced cities' are the safeguarded regions of mind where attention is fixed, disciplined, and aligned with purpose: work, faithfulness, unity, and the presence of God. When I imagine the king's distribution across Judah, I am reminded that my inner world also requires order: a central command and its sentinels stationed around it to hold thoughts, decisions, and actions in harmony. This verse invites me to claim a personal inner garrison: I attend to one task at a time, I keep faith with my inner purpose, and I trust that the same I AM orders every situation in my life. By aligning these inner states, I experience the unity of daily life with the divine presence, and community and vocation fall into a single, luminous rhythm.