Presence When God Hides

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the Lord's silence is not a punitive withdrawal but a reflection of your own inner state. When you cry to the I AM and feel unheard, you are touching the fact that your thoughts have separated you from the living awareness within. Micah's image of God hiding his face reveals how an unexamined life—fear, resentment, or ill-doing—blocks the inner hearing. The I AM remains present, but you must align with it by turning away from outer complaints and into a steadfast inner conviction: you are the awareness that hears; the deafness is the illusion of a self that believes it is apart. So you revise: declare that the I AM within you is always attentive, and feel the truth as real—alive, present, guiding. Your task is not to beg God, but to awaken to your own state of consciousness and restore alignment with love, truth, and integrity. In this inner listening, the apparent silence dissolves, and you begin to receive practical guidance and opportunity as expressions of renewed faith.