Crown of Life by Endurance

Neville's Inner Vision

James 1:12 invites you to see blessedness as a function of your inner state. Temptation and trial are not external forces but signals of your current level of awareness. Endure by returning again and again to the I AM that you are, keeping faith with love. When you are 'tried,' you do not suffer a verdict; you become clearer to yourself about what you are. The crown of life is the felt realization that you already live in God, and God lives in you. The Lord’s promise to those who love him is the assurance that your loving attention to this inner life cannot fail to awaken this crown. Do not chase outward outcomes; stay with the inner feeling of unity, and the outer events reorder themselves into harmony with your inner state. Your endurance confirms your oneness; your love creates the condition in which life reveals itself as your own.