Inner Rest and Inner Bread

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the verse as a map of inner states. The 'neck under persecution' is your posture of belief—the way you carry yourself when you think you are at the mercy of conditions. 'We labour, and have no rest' points to a restless mind that looks for nourishment outside itself, from the so-called Egyptians and Assyrians of circumstance. In Neville's terms these are not places but thoughts you’ve taken as real; the bread you seek is the proof that you still identify with lack. The cure is to turn toward the I AM, the awareness that you are, and claim it as the source of all supply. Begin by revising the scene in imagination: feel yourself at rest, knowing the one power provides food and peace from within. As you persist in that inner state, the outer conditions align with the image. The verse then becomes a revelation of sovereignty, not a lament of defeat.