Inner Peace Through Righteousness

Neville's Inner Vision

To Isaiah's hearers the 'work of righteousness' is not a distant deed but a present state of consciousness you cultivate. Peace is not something you obtain by pleasing circumstances; it arises as your inner alignment with the I AM becomes the dominant reality. When you stop chasing external conditions and begin living from the truth of who you are, the effect follows: quietness settles on the mind and assurance becomes a steady mood. Righteousness here is awareness rightly aligned with truth—a state of inner balance that regards all action as harmonious with divine order. Holiness and separation are not withdrawal but clear discrimination in thought and motive, keeping the field clear for peace to grow. As you dwell in the feeling that you are the I AM expressing righteousness, judgments and fear lose force and the world reflects that inner order. The verse guarantees an enduring quietness and confidence not contingent on changing events, but built by the conviction that you are already the consciousness that works righteousness.