Awakening Faith: Matthew 17:17

Neville's Inner Vision

To the seeker, the verse is not about a crowd outside, but the voice of unbelief within. The disciple Matthew would have you see Jesus as a man among men, but in the inner script, Jesus is the I AM, awareness that never leaves you, never falters. O faithless and perverse generation is the cry of a restless mind clinging to appearances. How long shall I be with you? implies your present state believes the scene is separate from you, that the problem persists because you have not yet assumed the ruler's posture of the self. Bring him hither to me: bring the problem into the light of consciousness where the I AM sits, untroubled. When you entertain the assumption that the situation is already transformed, you move from need to recognition; the outer world follows the inner alignment. The boy—the disturbance—bows to your renewed certainty. Trust is not compliance with another's faith but surrender to the inward certainty that you are I AM, and all things respond accordingly.