Inner Strength for Builders

Neville's Inner Vision

Be strong here is not a command to muscle but to a state of consciousness. Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the people symbolize parts of you that would build in the waking world; the verse invites you to hold a steady inner stance. It is not a demand for strain, but a call to dwell in the awareness that the I AM—God within you—is with you as the LORD of hosts. When you rest in that awareness, “work” becomes an inner act of alignment: you revise lack, you imagine the goal already achieved, and you persevere regardless of appearances. The assurance "I am with you" anchors your activity in the truth that consciousness is the source of form. Your outer world follows your inner assumption when you persist in the sense that this divine presence guides and sustains every step. The Lord of hosts is your current awareness, your inner ally, your resource. Obstacles dissolve as faith is exercised not by denial but by keeping the vision alive within. Thus strength is fidelity to your inner vision that creates form.