Speaking the Inner Commandment

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this passage, Balaam's refusal is not stubborn pride but the clarity of a state of consciousness holding to a fixed law. The 'LORD' is the I AM within you, the immediate awareness that cannot bend to external bribery or self-will. When Balaam says he cannot go beyond the LORD's command, he is declaring that the only speech that flows from him is what his inner condition already accepts as true. If you would see prophecy in your life, you must align the inner voice with that divine command, not with the lure of silver and gold in Balak's messengers. Your external events reveal your inner assumption; if you bargain with fear or desire, you compromise the message you speak to the world. The commandment remains unaltered by circumstance because it arises from the unchanging I AM present in you. By assuming the feeling of the Lord's word as already spoken within, you let your imagination speak in harmony with reality instead of with personal gains.