Inner Wisdom, Outer Commendation

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville view, Proverbs 12:8 teaches that your life is the echo of your inner state. When you dwell in the I AM as wisdom—calm discernment, loving truth, and honest self-government—you become the kind of person who is commended, because your thoughts, words, and deeds are coherent with that inner light. The perverse heart, by contrast, is a mind at war with itself: pride, contradiction, and resistance to life’s teaching. This inner discord broadcasts a vibration that invites contempt, until you choose to revise it. The cure is to assume the feeling of being wise here and now: imagine yourself already in possession of true judgment and worthy regard. Let the I AM acknowledge what you know and silence past accusations. Sooner than you think, the outer scene will mirror the inner alignment, and your life will reflect the esteem you have assumed. Remember, the self you honor is the self that God, or the I AM, honors; change your state, and the world follows.