Garments of Sackcloth, Inner Gate

Neville's Inner Vision

In this Esther 4:1-4 moment, the sackcloth is not a quaint costume but an inner state you must acknowledge. Mordecai’s loud cry is the waking awareness that a decree has entered your inner palace; the gate of the king is the boundary of your conditioned belief and thus cannot be crossed while you cling to the old robe. Esther’s grief and her maid’s report signal your compassionate mind taking note of others bound by limitation. Yet Mordecai refuses the king’s raiment offered by Esther, for he knows an inner shift—altering the decree—must come from consciousness, not from outward attire. The decree is not fixed in stone; it resides in the I AM, and therefore can be revised by imagining a new outcome as already true. When you feel the weight of lament, do not fight it; rather, assume the state of the one who has already won. Picture the inner gate opened by the I AM, the banished sackcloth replaced by garments of authority, and the decree’s power dissolved into a new reality within you. Practice this: dwell in the conviction that your petition is heard, and the scene is already changed by your inner act.