Inner Spoils of the I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

When the text says the Lord has delivered it into thine hands, behold that the Lord is the I AM within you. The external victory described is a mirror of your inner state shifting into alignment with pure awareness. The command to smite the male represents dissolving the rigid, egoic patterns that cling to old self-images; to 'smite' is to revise those thoughts by a decisive inner act of imagination. The women, little ones, cattle, and spoil symbolize the richer inner faculties now available to you—qualities such as vitality, nurture, and resources that accompany a new state of consciousness. Eating the spoil becomes the felt sense of absorbing the fruits of this victory, allowing your life to reflect the inward shift. Holiness and separation are daily choices to maintain alignment with the I AM, releasing former fear and attachment and living from the covenant within. In this light, the verse invites a complete interior realignment, so your outer world becomes a faithful expression of your inner worship of God as I AM.