Chosen to Stand Before the I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

Whose sons are these? Not descendants bound by lineage alone, but states of consciousness that stand in the light of awareness. The Lord hath chosen you to stand before Him—before the I AM within—so that you may serve Him with your imagination and burn incense of devotion. Your 'sons' are the attentiveness that remains awake; they are the magnetic stance of mind that refuses distraction and keeps the temple clean for divine presence. Negligence here is simply forgetting your true appointment; it is the momentary lapse when you treat life as ordinary rather than the sacred altar upon which God stands. To be chosen is to awaken to the fact that you already stand in God’s presence, now. When you assume this role, you align your inner activity with the reality you desire; you offer service by tending thoughts, feelings, and imagination. The incense you burn is your consistent reverence—your prayers as inner feeling—rising in consciousness. As you dwell in that chosen state, the outer world rearranges to reflect the reforming reality you already are.