Gideon's Inner Might

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Judges narrative, Gideon stands threshing in a winepress, a symbol of hidden labor—creating sustenance while avoiding the Midianite fear. In Neville’s reading, the “angel of the LORD” is the I AM within you, the state of awareness that sits under the oak of your daily self. The angel tells Gideon, 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour,' revealing that power already resides as your core identity. Gideon’s objection—‘if the LORD be with us, where are the miracles?’—is the mind’s revolt when it forgets its own creative power. The reply comes not as future proof but as present recalibration: 'Go in this thy might; and thou shalt save Israel.' The message is: assume the power you seek as already yours, and act from that assumption. When the Lord says, 'Surely I will be with thee,' He confirms your awareness as the instrument, not as a separate external force. Thus, the task is to awaken to the truth that you are that mighty man of valor, with the creative energy to meet any circumstance. Your job is to revise the inner scene until it feels inevitable.