Thorns of Inner Wilderness

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 8:7 invites us to read the wild terms as an inner drama of consciousness. The thorns and briars are the stubborn thoughts and lingering limitations that crowd the mind when a challenge appears. Zebah and Zalmunna symbolize the fears and habits that would keep you from your fulfillment; the Lord delivering them is the assurance that the awareness you call I AM has already overcome those conditions. When you reinterpret the scene, you stop blaming the outer world and begin to recognize that the wilderness you walk in is a field of inner energy you can rearrange. The vow to tear with thorns is no external threat but a commitment to prune away the beliefs that bind you to limitation. By accepting the deliverance in imagination, you allow the inner state to shift from struggle to sovereignty, and Providence becomes your present awareness guiding every feeling. Your practice is to meet the obstacle with the certainty of result, and to bless it as a teacher that disciplines your mind toward truth and freedom.