Jeremiah 37:4-5 Inner Freedom

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 37:4-5 is a portrait of your inner life. The prophet walks freely in the city of your consciousness, not imprisoned by fear or doubt. The people are the shifting thoughts and feelings you entertain, and because he had not been put in prison, your awareness is free to move and observe without coercion. Then Pharaoh's army emerges—an image of a renewed sense of power arising in you, out of Egypt, as it were. When the outer trouble comes alive, the Chaldeans who besiege Jerusalem hear tidings of that larger movement and retreat. In the Neville sense, these are not separate events but the visible side of a single inner movement. Change begins with your assumption of the state of freedom; once you hold the I AM as your permanent, aware Presence, the dramatic sieges of limitation lose their grip. You are not imprisoned; you are the one who moves through and between people. Let the inner Jeremiah roam, and watch how the outer city relaxes, as if by grace, into peace.