Inner Obedience and Idols

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, 'Hear, O my people' is the inner listening of consciousness. The 'God' spoken of is the I AM that you are, the sovereign awareness that governs your life. When the verse says 'if thou wilt hearken unto me,' it asks you to align your attention with that inner ruler rather than with transient images of fear, lack, or ego. The term 'strange god' points to any belief or image you worship apart from the I AM—bank accounts, status, or mere thoughts about yourself. To worship such idols is to mortgage your reality to appearances; to 'worship any strange god' is to claim another power beside the one who is awake within. Neville-like, recognize that you do not defy external forces but declare the internal state as fact: you are governed by the I AM, here and now. When this inner truth is received as your living fact, the denizens of fear melt, and true worship—conscious union with God—becomes effortless, natural, and present.