Lionlike Feats Within

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner scriptures, the Lionlike Men of Moab are not distant enemies but waking states of consciousness: fear, pride, and doubt that roam your mind. Benaiah represents your I AM, the disciplined awareness that has the power to move in and through any scene. When he slays the two lionlike ones and the lion in the snowy pit, he demonstrates that a fixed assumption, your present I AM presence, can quiet the storms of circumstance. The valiant man lineage is your training in discipline; the act of slaying is the revision of thought: you declare, here and now, that you are the conqueror of those inner lions. The snow and pit symbolize cold, restrictive conditions that your imagination can transform by feeling the reality of the victory as already done. This is the Kingdom of God within: not a place, but a state of triumph that your consciousness chooses. As you dwell in this awareness, outward events bend to your inner decision toward righteousness and authority.