Grace Within: Cleave to the Lord

Neville's Inner Vision

Barnabas in this verse becomes your inner self awakening to grace. When you 'come' into a new state of consciousness and 'see the grace of God,' you do not discover something external; you recognize the grace already within your I AM. The gladness Barnabas feels is the gratitude of one who has remembered his true nature, a gratitude that rises as a living conviction. The exhortation to all is the inward directive to hold fast to the awareness of the Lord, to maintain a 'purpose of heart'—a single-minded decision to align with God who is the I AM. Cleaving unto the Lord is not a distant act but an ongoing alignment of imagination and belief; it is the practice of living from the assumption that God is your reality and that all events flow from that inner unity. Grace is not earned; it is recognized as present, and the inner movement of faith and trust leads you to obedience in thought and feeling. By sustaining this inner posture, you magnetize experiences that reflect the divine favor you already possess in consciousness.