From Opposition to Joy: Acts 13:50-52

Neville's Inner Vision

Persecution here is not a riot outside of you; it is the resistance of a former state of consciousness confronting a truth you mean to express. The Jews represent the habit of limitation you have identified with—devout and honorable beliefs that say, 'stay as you are.' When they expel Paul and Barnabas, you are shown how the old self pushes away the new expression. The act of shaking off the dust is your inner gesture of refusal to carry yesterday’s verdicts into today’s kingdom. They depart—not in defeat, but carrying a greater conviction that their movement is authorized by the I Am within. And the disciples being filled with joy and the Holy Ghost reveals your condition when you align with the divine presence as your own awareness. Joy arises as a natural aura when you acknowledge that God is within, that imagination is your instrument, and you are led by the Spirit to your next place of expression.