Inner Cities of Quiet Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

Begin with the simple premise that the land of Joshua’s mountain towns is the map of your inner world. Each city—Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kirjathsannah (Debir), Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, Giloh—is a state of consciousness you can visit and tend. The mountains point to higher faculties you choose to exercise; the villages are the daily habits, relationships, and duties through which you express care for life and one another. When you dwell in these inner places by imagination, you align with a Providence that guides your steps. You do not seek a distant kingdom; you awaken it within, as unity among your inner parts, as stewardship toward creation, and as a felt sense of the Kingdom of God here and now. By assuming, revising, and feeling-it-real that you inhabit this inner map, your outer circumstances reorganize to reflect your assumed state.