Persecution as Inner Testimony

Neville's Inner Vision

There is no external assault that can truly touch you unless you have first consented to it in your own consciousness. The councils, the scourges, the governors and kings are inner movements—states of fear, judgment, and pride—appearing as outward authorities. When you align with the I AM, you meet these movements not as victims but as the living awareness that speaks through them. 'For my sake' anchors the event in the Christ within, the unchanged reality that experiences all circumstance as a revision of your inner state. The verse thus becomes a map: persecution is simply a refining fire that exposes what you still believe about yourself. As you hold the conviction that you are the I AM, these outer figures lose their power to threaten and instead serve as witnesses to your inner sovereignty. Your mission is to inhabit the truth you already are, turning potential fear into a fearless proclamation of the inner reality that creates your world.