Inner Promise of Grace

Neville's Inner Vision

Numbers 32:5, in my way of speaking, is a map of the inner landscape. The petition 'if we have found grace in thy sight' is the recognition that I have discovered a favorable state within me—the I AM awake, aware, and loving. 'Let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession' becomes: I claim this inner land now, not as a distant promise but as a present possession of consciousness. 'And bring us not over Jordan' is the choice to remain in the satisfied state, to refrain from crossing into a new, uncertain terrain until I have settled this one in imagination. The 'land' is any condition desired when I dwell in grace; the Jordan is merely the threshold between one state and another. Grace, Providence, presence—these are the steady music of my inner life, guiding me to the next scene by the power of my inner I AM. If I assume, revise, and feel it real, the outer becomes the echo of the inner.