Inner Presence Before Perception

Neville's Inner Vision

Elisha speaks from the throne of the I AM awareness, not as a man appealing to outward power but as one who knows perception follows consciousness. 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand' is a confession that the eye is the servant of a living state of being. The 'presence of Jehoshaphat' stands for a rightful inner order—faith, obedience, and unshakable trust. When I regard that inner presence, my seeing widens; without it, the encounter remains dim or hostile. Your outer world is a mirror of your inner state: you are the one who stands before the Lord of Hosts. You do not force the other; you become the certainty that makes seeing possible, and the scene bows to your established mood. So turn inward and treat the inner kingly presence as already real. Practice by assuming that this presence is with you now; revise any sense of lack until you feel you stand in the light of God, and imagine the apparent problem seen through that light, until the vision shifts and what you behold reflects your inner Crown.