Debir Within: The Inner City

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 1:11 speaks of going forth to Debir, a city whose name once was Kirjathsepher. In the inner life, the journey is not geographic but metaphysical: your mind moves to confront its inner fortresses. Debir stands for the inner dwelling of belief—the Kingdom of God within—where the old name Kirjathsepher marks a former allegiance to external stories. When you, I AM, determine to enter Debir, you are naming your inner city anew, aligning it with covenant loyalty to your true state. The inhabitants are habitual thoughts and fears that have long ruled your inner territory; they are not elsewhere but hidden dispositions in your awareness. The act of going against them is a revision of identity, a claim that the inner Kingdom is yours through persistent imagination. By holding the vision that you are both observer and ruler, you persist despite appearances. The verse invites perseverance: you create the city by inner decree, and its name becomes the symbol of your new state—Debir as home of faith and creative law, Kirjathsepher fading into memory.