Decree Within the Lions Den

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this drama, the presidents, governors, and king are not distant rulers but voices within your own consciousness. The decree is a mental statute you have accepted as unchangeable, a rule that says you may not petition beyond the outward order. Daniel represents your true I AM, the unwavering awareness that cannot abandon prayer regardless of outward law. His act of prayer is the felt presence of God, a refusal to sign on to the belief that outer statutes define you. The lion's den becomes the crucible in which you test whether your inner reality persists when all appears to threaten it. Remember that according to Neville Goddard, God is not an external person but the I AM within; imagination creates reality, so the moment you persist in the inner petition, you begin to rewrite the rule. The solution is to maintain the assumed state of communion, to revise the sense of limitation, and to let your inner life dictate the outer thing. Daniel shows that true power is fidelity to the inner God, not compliance with a temporary decree.