Inner Obedience in 2 Samuel

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, the scene is a drama inside your own consciousness. Joab represents the stubborn commands of habit pressed by fear of consequences; the man reporting the scene is the outer voice seeking silver and approval, yet bound by a higher decree. The king is your I AM—the awareness that says, 'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.' Absalom embodies a fragment of your being—youthful energy, a chord of rebellion, or a potentially disruptive impulse—that your identity might want to suppress. The messenger’s refusal to strike him, even for a thousand pieces of silver, proclaims that no external lure can override the inner law. There is nothing hid from the king; you cannot pretend away truth in the inner courtroom of consciousness. When you align with that inner command, you awaken a steadiness that costs you nothing and frees you from falsehood. The young man is not abolished but reconciled under the king’s wisdom; obedience to the higher truth becomes your unshakable reality, shaping every outward clue to reflect the I AM within.