Earth Trembles Before Inner Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the earth here is not a geographical place but the field of your own thoughts and feelings. Tremble, the text implies, at the presence of the Lord—yet in the inner drama the trembling is your mind waking to the presence of the I AM, the God of Jacob, your steadfast consciousness. Jacob represents the inner man who wrestles with limitation until he is named Israel, a name of dominion. When you accept that the Lord's presence is already within you, the inner 'earth' quakes with awe, not fear, and the senses align to the reality you intend. The world does not compel God; God compels the world by your inner decree. The 'God of Jacob' is your continued awareness, the unchanging I AM, through which all events are rearranged into harmony. So the trembling is a sign that you are waking up—narrow boundaries fall away as imagination is recognized as the force that calls life into form. You are not praying to an external God; you are turning within and discovering that the self is God.