Shepherd Within: Reclaiming Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the idols and the diviners not as distant people but as states of consciousness you have accepted. When you lean on voices other than the I AM—your own inner awareness—the dreams you trust are vanity and false peace. The flock you accuse of following is your habitual thoughts, moving restlessly because you have forgotten the one true shepherd within you, the I AM that governs your life. Zechariah speaks to your inner weather: when you trust images over the eternal Presence, you feel separation, fear, and confusion; when you reverse the scene and acknowledge that the shepherd is within, you invite guidance. The promise is not out there; it is already present as your awareness. You can replace the vain narratives with an assumed reality of wholeness and direction. The remedy is to rest in the I AM, to revise by a deliberate assumption, and to feel the guidance as if it is now; then the external confusion dissolves and the flock finds its true shepherd.