Inner Covenant of Creation

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 16:2 lights up an inner scene. The phrase Lord hath restrained me from bearing is not a decree but a state of consciousness felt as limitation. Sarai’s maid stands for a substitute plan born of lack; Abram hearkening to Sarai’s voice is the mind’s choice to follow an outward method rather than the I AM within. In Neville’s reading, the true birth occurs when the inner assumption is aligned with the Creative Power rather than with a human surrogate. The lesson is that you must not concede to substitutes born of fear or scarcity; you are the alchemist of your life, and every desire is formed first in imagination. When you regard the 'restraint' as a signal to revise, you invite the birth of your reality by dwelling in the end you wish to see and feeling it as real now. By abiding in that inner authority, you avoid the trap of "follow the plan," and you allow the I AM to birth what you truly desire.