Grove of Presence in Beersheba

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's inner-work language, this verse shows a man not seeking God at a distance but planting a grove within his own mind and naming the I AM as the true object of worship. Beersheba is a placeholder for a state of consciousness—the well of understanding where impressions drink caught from faith. The act of calling there on the name of the LORD is not vocal prayer alone but the practice of identifying with the I AM, the everlasting God that never shifts. The grove itself represents a cultivated habit of attention—an inner garden tended by acts of belief, quiet assent, and the audacious impression that the unseen is now seen. When Abraham invokes the name, he aligns his feeling, his imagination, with an eternal Presence that blesses every moment. This is covenant loyalty: remaining in the assumed presence, resisting the siren call of doubt, and letting the I AM govern thought, feeling, and action. By this, worship becomes realism—the inner life reconfigures outer experience to reflect the steady, unchanging Presence.