Inner Turning in Isaiah 37:1

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the outer acts reveal an inner shift. Hezekiah’s tearing of garments and sackcloth is not mere ceremony but a letting go of a hardened self-image. Entering the house of the LORD, he turns away from anxious calculation toward the Presence within. In Neville’s terms, the crisis is only a mirror of a belief in separation; the remedy is to revise that belief from within. The crisis calls forth a state of awareness: the I AM that dwells in the temple of consciousness. When you align with that Presence, fear dissolves and action arises from a quiet certainty that all is already well. The outward ritual becomes a symbol for inward obedience to the truth that God’s Life is your life, here and now. You do not chase after relief in external events; you assume the state that made Hezekiah stand in the temple: the awareness that God, not circumstance, governs your experience. Practice turning to the inner temple, and watch how the outer world adjusts to the revised assumption.