Dwelling With Inner Canaanites

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Gezer as the edge of your inner terrain where an old habit nests. When a part of you sits within another's inheritance—an unfinished pattern still dwelling in Ephraim—you have not fully claimed the land of your mind. The Canaanites in Gezer are not distant enemies but persistent thoughts, loyalties, or identifications you have not released. They dwell among Ephraim and, like invisible contractors, they serve under tribute: they govern your attention, your reactions, and your small compromises. In Neville's terms, you are the I AM, the awareness that can redraw the map. The healing is to assume a higher state and treat the conquered land as already won in imagination. By feeling it real that every city is under your sovereign rule, the inner Canaanites lose their leverage. The separation of cities becomes a cue not for punishment but for alignment: you are asked to align your feelings, beliefs, and choices with the one divine consciousness you genuinely are. What you tolerate within you determines what you live without.