Mercy Over Fire Luke 9:54-56

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this scene as a parable of your inner seasons. James and John act from a fervent impulse, a zeal that would scorch difference into conformity. The master’s correction is not a rebuke of flesh but a correction of spirit: you know not what manner of spirit you are of. The Son of Man is not come to destroy lives but to save them, so the fire your mind would unleash is the old alchemy of judgment. When you demand destruction, you confirm a belief in separation; when you choose mercy, you align with the life-giving I AM that you are. The village moving away on the road mirrors your shifting inner scenes, where every encounter can be seen as an opportunity to awaken rather than to annihilate. Your true work is to awaken salvation in every image you behold, to see the other as already healed and thereby awaken that reality in yourself. Let this be your practice: refuse to feed the flame of vengeance; instead, tend the warmth of mercy until it becomes your normal state.