Into the Inner Strong City

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the questions as a single invitation to turn within. Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom? The answer is not an external army but the I AM inside you—the unchanging presence that never left. When you cry, 'Wilt not thou, O God?' you are simply clinging to the old belief that you are apart from your own consciousness. The strong city and Edom are inner states of awareness you can assume this moment. If you imagine some force marching in from outside, you concede dependency; if you imagine the I AM guiding you, you enter your fortress now. So revise: God is with me now; I am never cast off. Let your inner journey become a celebration of your own sovereignty. Your prayer is not asking for rescue but recalling the truth that you are the place where the divine enters. Enter the mental city with the feeling that you are already there, and the outer challenges recede as you stand in the light of your own I AM.