Judah's Kinship Awakening

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville: Think of the scene as an interior drama. David is not a man on a battlefield but the I AM of the nation, the unifying sense that never departs from its center. The priests are your inner counselors, Zadok and Abiathar the channels through which the outer world hears your voice. The elders of Judah are the states of consciousness you identify with as kin—brethren, bones and flesh—your divided impulses bending to the one will. When you ask, 'Why are ye last to bring back the king?' you are calling every part of you into alignment with your central aim. Amasa, 'of my bone and my flesh,' represents the fresh, loyal will replacing the old driver Joab. The heart of all the men of Judah bow to one decision, and the inner I AM commands the outward event: the inner king returns to rule. See: unity of purpose creates the external scene, and obedience becomes an inner law of life.