Envoys of Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra’s action is not an external political move, but an inner arrangement of consciousness. The chief men he dispatches are not a committee of flesh, but his faculties—Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, and the rest—summoned to serve the temple within. Casiphia becomes the hidden storehouse of skill and understanding where Iddo resides; I am told to send ministers who will tend the house of my God, that is, the shrine of awareness within. When I acknowledge that envoys are states of mind, I invite the right ministers to come and stand at the doors of my inner altar. This is true worship: not ritual outside, but the coherent alignment of vision, understanding, and service—how I live, what I do, and with whom I commune in the heart. Unity arises as these inner ministers gather, each understanding its function, each contributing to the temple’s order. In this light, work and vocation are temple-building tasks performed by an inner council, summoned by my I AM and sustained by the conviction that I already possess the consent and capacity to fulfill it.