Confession and Inner Separation

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the verse speaks to the inner life as a call to a new alignment. Confession is not a form but a reorientation of awareness: you name, in consciousness, the LORD—your I AM—and you acknowledge that your thoughts and aims are intended to please that divine self. Separation is the art of withdrawing allegiance from any inward or outward influence that would seduce you from that sacred purpose. The 'people of the land' become images, habits, and temptations of the familiar world; the 'strange wives' are alien impulses and false desires masquerading as love or need. To obey is to choose the reality you desire by imagining the state of righteousness already present. The command to separate is the inner command to prune the thoughts and feelings that do not serve the divine will. When you confess and separate, you practice the I AM consciousness: you acknowledge your true nature and refuse to inhabit any lesser story. In this way your life reorganizes around one intent: to please the Lord of your being.