Inner Petition to Rebuild Jerusalem

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the king as the ruling state of your own mind—the inner governor who grants or denies your requests. Nehemiah’s outward petition is only the echo of an inner possibility you must first inhabit. In the moment he prays, he enters a state of alignment with the God of heaven—the I AM awareness that you are seen and allowed to act in your own land. The request to be sent to Judah is the outer movement that follows the inner conviction: that the city of your fathers' sepulchres, your root self, can be renewed through your will. Your imagination must first feel the favor of the inner king; you must know that the city you seek to rebuild exists already in consciousness as a completed state. When you assume that the king grants you leave, you open the channel for action in the physical world. Do not seek proof of the outcome in appearances first; realize the vision and let your world bend to that light. The 'king' responds because you have established a consistent inner state. Prayer is the discipline of revising your sense of limitation until it matches the reality you intend.