Divine Invitation Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 19:5-6 speaks in outward history, but the inner reader hears the still, small whisper of the I AM. Zacchaeus, a man of ambition perched in a tree of self-scrutiny, represents a state of consciousness seeking the truth and its abundance. When Jesus looks up and says, 'Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house,' the I AM announces the new state: God within calls the mind to descend from anxious striving and receive the divine visitor into the center of itself. To "receive him joyfully" is to permit grace to rearrange your inner furniture, to let your awareness host the presence that has always been there. The "house" is your inner life, your memory, your imagination; the visit is not future but now, the moment at which you align with the truth that you are already loved and included. As you assume this reality, you create a cause for effect: the outer world reflects a softened attitude, a joy that flows from the realization that you are in the presence of God.