Judges 10:16 Inner Covenant

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 10:16 speaks to the interior drama: the removal of 'strange gods' represents shedding borrowed identities—fear, lack, and attachments that claim authority over your life. When you affirm, within, that you will serve the LORD, you are not changing outer appearances but reorienting your inner state toward the I AM, your essential awareness. The LORD symbolizes your true Self—that constant, attentive presence that remains when you stop identifying with appearances. The phrase that 'his soul was grieved' is the inward compassion of God within reacting to the misery produced by belief in separation. In Neville’s terms, misery is a signal of misalignment in consciousness; the remedy is a revision of state: cast out idols, and covenant yourself to the inner loyalty of your real self. As you hold this belief, the inner atmosphere shifts and the world conforms to that alignment, allowing worship to flow as harmony and steadfast loyalty. This is inner reform, not external alteration; the divine I AM takes the lead when consciousness is cleared of idols.