Inner Weapons of Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a map of your inner army. Though you walk in the flesh, you are not called to fight with the weapons of the world. The “weapons of our warfare” are not carnal; they are the disciplined acts of consciousness—assumption, revision, and the steady feeling of the truth you intend to prove. God here is the I AM within you, the constant awareness that fashions reality. When you imagine from that level, you are mighty through God, because you are summoning the power that pulls down mental strongholds. A stronghold is a belief or pattern seated in your mind; it falters when you refuse to reinforce it with doubt and fear. By turning to the inner scene, you replace the old fortress with a scene that confirms your stated outcome. The external world simply mirrors the inner conviction you already unified with. So resist the impulse to solve the problem by worldly means; instead, inhabit the state of the wish fulfilled and let the inner arrangement do its work.