Inner Replacement in Acts 1:20

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the desolation spoken in Psalms is not external judgment but the shutting of an old identity that no longer serves your purpose. The habitation being desolate means the old state of consciousness—the belief in separation, lack, or limitation—has run its course. When the mind is emptied of that resident, the bishoprick must be occupied by a new state, a more faithful ruler of your inner Jerusalem. The phrase 'let another take' is not about others but about the inner office being vacated and refilled with a new ruler formed by imagination. You do not compel external change; you revise the inner scene, assume the presence of the new consciousness, and feel it as real now. By quiet repetition of a belief that suits your desired state—e.g., 'I AM the ruler of this mind; this old habit has no dwelling place; a new disposition now takes its seat'—you enact the replacement. The old perception of Judas-like betrayal dissolves as you identify with the I AM, the awareness that creates. In your inner landscape, you appoint a different governor; you thereby bring the outer event into alignment with your renovated inner state.