Fire On The Inner Rock

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, Gideon performs the ordinary task of feeding a guest; yet the act is a vivid allegory for the inner banquet of awareness. The flesh and unleavened cakes laid upon the rock are not offerings to a distant deity, but symbols of your present thoughts and senses offered to the inner messenger—your I AM. When the angel of the LORD extends the staff and touches them, and fire rises from the rock, it is the unmistakable sign that your state of consciousness is being validated by itself. The fire consuming the meal is the felt truth that imagination, rightly held, transforms conditions. Gideon’s recognition—"Alas, O LORD"—is not fear but the pivot of attention from externals to the presence inside. In Neville’s tongue, the angel is a manifestation of your own awareness stepping forth as a known reality. The rock represents the unshakable ground of your self-conception; the offering is the image you entertain; the fire is the conviction that your assumption is already true and effective. Therefore, the story invites you to awaken to the inner messenger who is always near, and to dwell in the truth of God within.