Inner City of the LORD

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the city is not a distant ruin but a rebuilt realm that the I AM now consecrates to the Presence. The outer measurements in the text—tower, gate, hill, brook—are symbols of your inner directions by which you mark a realm where fear, doubt, and decay cannot tread. When you assent to the truth that you are the LORD’s city, you align your imagination with a state that does not fear uprooting; you imagine the line that keeps the sacred precinct intact. The valley of the dead bodies and ashes becomes a figure of the old self clinging to death-ejected thoughts; by choosing to be holy unto the LORD, you release them and invite wholeness to dwell. The forever stability—“it shall not be plucked up”—is the guarantee your consciousness gives to this inner territory. Each moment you perceive from quiet awareness, you are laying the groundwork for this city to rise in your world. Your awareness becomes the wall, the gate, and the hill; your faith is the measuring line that confirms the holy order you now inhabit.