Delay That Kindles Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Lazarus as a state of consciousness within you that has fallen asleep to the truth of your being. The delay in the outer story is not punishment but a deliberate space to wake belief. When I say I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe, I am indicating that belief is born in the quiet, not in the hurry of rescue. You must go unto him by turning your attention inward and assuming the end you desire as already real. Feel the tomb dissolve as you revise the sense of lack and decisively hold the inner fact: the I AM is here, the resurrection is now. Your future is a present implication of a belief you persist in until it feels real to you. The body of circumstance yields when your consciousness shifts; you rise in the same moment you quit asking and begin to affirm. So delay is the invitation to wake, and faith is the act of assuming the completed state and walking into it.