Inner Temple Repair: Joash's Reign

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the verse places you at the center of a choice: the temple you repair is the temple you carry within. Joash’s reign begins with a faithfulness witnessed by the priest Jehoiada; the outer act of gathering money mirrors an inner gathering of attention, of funds in the treasury of your consciousness. The call to repair the house of the LORD signals your decision to restore true worship in the sanctuary of I AM—your present awareness. Yet the Levites’ delay reveals how the mind resists, how old habits withhold the coins of discipline, testing your resolve. Athaliah’s hands destroying the house and consecrated things is the image of inner counter-forces—doubt, fear, attachments—that seek to borrow your worship for Baalim. The remedy is simple and intimate: align your king-consciousness with the priestly leadership of Jehoiada within, insist on the commandment of Moses as a living vow, and move with unwavering speed toward repair. This is not about buildings but about renewing your relationship to God as I AM, here, now, in your heart’s temple.