Inner Army of Self

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville Goddard, this verse becomes a lesson in the psychology of power. The king’s act of hiring from Israel is not a mere historical event but a mirror for the mind: what we seek outside in the world—strong allies, wealth, and authority—exists first within our own consciousness. Israel symbolizes the inner tribes of thought and faith; the silver represents the energy we invest in projecting security through others. When we catch ourselves depending on external forces, we are called to reinterpret the scene as a command to assemble the inner army by assumption and vivid imagining. The true kingdom—the Kingdom of God—is not built from courtiers or mercenaries but from a state of awareness in which the I AM directs imagination and orders its movements. By turning inward, we learn that power flows from within, wealth is the energy of attention, and authority rests in the one who knows he is already complete and sovereign.