Inner Hearing in Times of Oppression

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the scene as a lesson in the mind. Jehoahaz represents a state of consciousness that calls upon the I AM within to address a felt oppression. The text does not record God as a distant judge, but as the living awareness that heeds a call when the mind recognizes its own burden. When he besought the LORD, he tuned his attention to a higher agreement, a revision of the story that Israel is separate from blessing. The LORD hearkened unto him because the condition of oppression became clear to the inner sight; not because the external army changed first, but because the inner state was seen and no longer worshiped as final. In Neville terms, oppression is a belief in limitation; prayer is the act of turning toward the inner I AM, confessing that the self is already free and listening for the audible sense of approval within. The moment the inner state adopts harmony, the outer circumstance aligns with it, and the oppression loosens as a dream dissolves in light.