After Jehoiada: Inner Idols Rise

Neville's Inner Vision

To me this scene maps states of consciousness. Jehoiada embodies disciplined worship and the inner governor of my heart; his death signals a lapse in that quiet authority. The princes of Judah are the competing thoughts and social pressures that urge me to bow to appearances. When the king hearkens unto them, I have listened to fear and popularity rather than to the I AM within. The house of the LORD, the sanctuary of awareness, is deserted as I turn toward groves and idols—substituted images and attachments that promise safety but breed unrest. The result is not a judgment from above but the natural consequence of misplacing sovereignty in mind. In this moment I return to the truth: I AM the ruler of my consciousness; the inner temple is unshaken. I revise by seeing idols dissolve and the true worship return to the heart. By choosing the I AM again, the outward scene reconfigures, and the land of my awareness is flooded with peace and alignment.