Gideon's Jehovah-Shalom Awakening

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the outer drama of Gideon is a veil for an inner awakening. The angel stands for a facet of your awareness appearing to call you to wakefulness. Gideon’s cry, ‘Alas, O Lord God,’ shows the natural recoil of a mind unsettled by the sudden glimpse of truth. Yet the Lord’s answer—‘Peace be unto thee; fear not’—is a reorientation of consciousness. In this moment the altar Gideon raises, named Jehovah-shalom, becomes the symbol of a settled state you can inhabit now. Jehovah is the I AM that you are; Shalom is harmony, wholeness, and calm. The place you stand when you accept peace is not a location in Ophrah but the inner disposition of awareness that remains unchanged by appearances. When you acknowledge peace as your present reality, you disarm fear, for you are not at risk in the kingdom of your own mind. The lesson is simple: cultivate the assurance that you are attended by a benevolent, ever-present I AM; invite that presence to quiet the storms, and you will find inner altar and outer life aligned.