Inner Exaltation of I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold, the text speaks not of a distant doom, but of the inner drama of consciousness. The lofty looks of man are the habitual images you wear when you mistake yourself for separate power; the haughtiness of men is the persistent self-will that lifts up the ego against the I AM. In Neville's terms, the day of the LORD is the moment your awareness turns inward and refuses to worship the personal self. When you acknowledge the Lord alone—your true self, the I AM within—you place the ego on its rightful pedestal and it is brought low. Exaltation is not of the outer king or fame, but of the divine principle within, the LORD that is within you. As you dwell in that inner reality, the needed outer changes align because every event follows the state you inhabit. The verse is a teaching that humility is not denial but alignment; when your attention rests in the one Presence, the image of pride dissolves and authentic power—true exaltation—is revealed.