Rod of Inner Obedience

Neville's Inner Vision

In Numbers 20:9, the outward act of Moses taking the rod is a symbol for an inner act. The rod represents your tool of imagination—the energetic instrument by which you will shape your world. 'Before the LORD' places this tool in the chamber of your own consciousness, where the I AM, your true awareness, commands. Moses’s compliance—doing as commanded—demonstrates alignment with the inner directive that flows from your higher self. When you acknowledge the inner command and 'take the rod' in your imagination, you are not performing a ritual; you are performing a state change. Obedience here is not submission to an external deity but willingness to be led by the I AM, trusting the inner movement that already knows the end from the beginning. As you practice, you release resistance and impress your desired state by mental action that matches the inner command. The presence of God becomes your present awareness, and reality births from the inside out.