Inner Decree of Jonah 3:7-8

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the book of Jonah, the decree is not merely political; it is a symbol of your inner decision. The king and nobles stand for the ruling I AM within you, the awareness that may declare a new atmosphere in consciousness. When you imagine the command that no one tastes food or water, you feel the inner famine of the old self—starving egoic hunger for separation. The sackcloth becomes humility, a wrapping of your attention in truth; the cry mightily unto God is your focused breath and refusal to ignore the Presence within. Turning every one from his evil way and from the violence in their hands represents a turning away from belief in harm toward the mercy that dwells in God. The Nineveh that hears the decree mirrors how your inner climate responds when you persist in the decree. Mercy is not earned by outward deeds but awakened by an unyielding inner alignment with the I AM. Decree it, dwell in that reality, and watch how your world begins to reflect the transformed consciousness.