Job 21:15-21 Inner View

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the Almighty not as a distant judge but as the I AM, the very state of your awareness. The question 'What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?' dissolves when you see that service is alignment with your true self, and the 'profit' of prayer is the shift of your internal state. The candle of the wicked going out is the fluctuation of your own belief—when you harbor fear or judgment, your outer world follows that drift. The phrase 'God distributeth sorrows in his anger' means that sorrow arises from a misalignment in consciousness; and when you identify with a limited self, you experience storms and loss. They are like stubble before the wind: external scenes are but the windblown appearances of your inner motion. The line about laying up iniquity for his children speaks to karma stored in your inner bank until you choose a new state to spend from; your eyes shall see destruction only if you cling to a former self. The question of pleasure after him is a cue to turn inward: awaken to the I AM now, and the apparent fate of others ceases to govern you.