Inner Kingdom Declared

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 8:23 invites us to a radical inner reorientation. Gideon's words are not merely political rhetoric but a symbolic instruction for consciousness: the ego seeks to crown itself, but true government belongs to the I AM, the living awareness within. When he says, the LORD shall rule over you, he points to the one ruler who never abdicates the throne—your essential condition of being. The moment you identify with a personal power—money, status, control—the inner kingdom diminishes; when you identify with the I AM, a new dominion arises in which thoughts, feelings, and circumstances align under divine governance. Neville's method calls you to revise the sense of self until your felt reality confirms that God is the ruling presence in every moment. In practical terms, the 'monarchy' of the ego yields to the inward kingship by assuming the I AM as ruler: you listen for guidance, you notice impressions, and you treat each situation as an expression of the divine will. As you persist, your outer life becomes the visible sign of inner sovereignty—God ruling you, and through you, all events.