Judges 3:8 Inner Freedom

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 3:8 tells of a people who, in a moment of collective forgetfulness, are handed over to a foreign king—an outer dollop of trouble. Yet the inner meaning is plain: oppression is a state of consciousness, not a history lesson. The Lord’s anger, in Neville’s sense, points to a misalignment within, a belief that some power other than God governs you. Chushanrishathaim stands for a persistent thought pattern or habit that seems to rule your day. Eight years marks a length of time your attention dwells on limitation. When you identify with the I AM—the awareness that you are the one within whom all events unfold—the outward chain loosens. You do not fight the king; you revise your belief about who you are and what governs you. The moment you assume, 'I am the cause and the ruler of my experience, and this belief has no power over me,' you awaken a new order. Imagination, properly tended, dissolves the old dynasty and reestablishes liberty in your own consciousness.