Inner Covenant of Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the characters are not merely men and events. They are states of your own consciousness. Abimelech and his friends crossing the border from Gerar into Isaac's camp represent the arrival of a new attitude in your mind—the inner demand for a covenant with the Self that has become aware of its divine partner. 'The LORD was with thee' is not a geographic fact but the feeling that your awareness has found a companion and protector in you. The request for an oath is the soul's decision to align your thoughts and actions with that presence: I will do no harm to the one who is now blessed. When you accept that you are the blessing, the world presents you with peaceable terms—people, circumstances, and even tension recede as the assurance 'thou art now the blessed of the LORD' stands within. The covenant is not between strangers but within the I AM and its outward expression; it is the recognition that all you meet are messengers of your own realization.