Inner Courts of Judgment

Neville's Inner Vision

To me, this passage whispers that the true Jerusalem is within—the settled state of consciousness where the I AM shines as the judge. Jehoshaphat’s outward reform mirrors the inner reform you must perform: you reset your ‘city by city’—the fenced cities of your mind—to remember the LORD God of your fathers. When you appoint judges, you are appointing inner faculties to discern right action, but you remind them: you judge not for man, but for the LORD who stands with you in judgment—the I AM, the conscious presence. The world’s laws appear as the outward effect of inner conviction. By recognizing that the LORD is with you in every act of judgment, you dissolve fear and replace it with the certainty that your decisions are governed by divine law. The essential act is a quiet, daily reorientation: you choose to see every thought, motive, and choice as within the LORD's tribunal. In this mood, right action flows naturally, and the outer life becomes a reflection of inner covenant loyalty.