Inner Rest for Israel

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner Jacob is a state of consciousness. The captivity is the mind held by fear and limitation; salvation is the awakening to the I AM you are. From afar off means this awareness, always near when you turn within. Jacob’s return signifies the restoration of your essential self to its home of harmony with God, the Israel of rest and ease—where fear has no place. When you dwell in this awareness rather than the appearances of the world, fear cannot endure. None shall make you afraid because you have shifted your center from the dependent self to the all-sufficient I AM. The verse invites you to revise your mental chatter: I am saved now; I am at ease; nothing disturbs my peace. Repeat this shift until it feels like your natural state, for imagination makes the future present and the possible real. Your exile ends in a serene, unwavering rest that remains with you, no matter what seems to occur in the outer world.