Inner Glory vs Judgment

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Acts 12:20-23 as a portrait of inner life rather than a political drama. The crowd’s cry, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man, mirrors the moment when your ego seeks to be worshipped as if by its own power. Herod, the symbol of self-importance wearing royal garb, embodies the mind that credits itself with life and refuses to acknowledge the living God within. Yet the true ruler of your being is the I AM, the inner I who alone deserves all glory. The angel of the Lord waking Herod represents the moment of inner awareness that interrupts the illusion; when you deny God the glory, life contracts, and judgment follows as a reminder that reality is God’s and not the man’s. In Neville’s terms, the scene invites you to turn your attention from external applause to the consciousness that animates it. Practice the turn: imagine that every act is performed by the I AM through you, and that glory is given to God within rather than to any person.