Mind's King Over Oppression

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the surface history: Syria presses Israel year after year under Hazael, while Jehoahaz remains on the throne. In Neville’s language, such oppression is not an external accident but a figure of a settled state of consciousness. Hazael represents a dominant belief that the self is diminished, perpetually under threat, and unable to act as its own king. There is in truth only one ruler: the I AM, the awareness through which all events take shape. When you identify with Jehoahaz, you consent to the power of the outside force; when you awaken to the inner I AM, you revoke that sentence and declare sovereignty. The verse invites you to revise your inner narrative: imagine a new king within who is unopposed, confident, and free, even when appearances scream otherwise. Your imagination, rightly disciplined, creates reality; by dwelling in the feeling of the wish fulfilled — I AM the King within — you shift the entire climate of your life. The oppression observed becomes a memory as you persist in this inner sovereignty, and the days of tyranny dissolve into quiet, luminous presence.