Restoring the Inner Temple

Neville's Inner Vision

Read the verse as an inner decision. When Joash is minded to repair the house of the LORD, he is not casting mortar in an external building alone; he is turning his awareness toward a renewal of the temple within. In Neville’s terms, the LORD’s house is your own consciousness—the sanctuary of the I AM, your continuous awareness. The act of repair is a revision of habit: releasing neglect, focusing attention on holiness, and aligning your will with covenant loyalty. Obedience, in this light, is not compliance with rules but the formation of a mind that reveres its inner temple. When you assume that the temple is already restored in consciousness, the outer circumstances begin to reflect that restoration. Your imagination becomes the tool by which you shape your life; what you imagine with feeling becomes your experience. So this Joash moment is available to you now: restore your inner sanctuary, and watch the world conform to your declared state of worship.