Silence Before the Lord

Neville's Inner Vision

To Zephaniah is given the invitation to hold thy peace in the awareness of the I AM. The 'presence of the Lord God' is not a distant event but your inner state: the moment your attention rests in the now, and imagines the I AM as the surrounding reality. When the day of the Lord is at hand, it is the moment of conscious awakening, when you discover that your imagination is the sacrificial fire that burns away what you no longer require. The 'sacrifice' God has prepared is the alchemical offering of the old self, the transient self-concepts, into the pure flame of awareness. The 'guests' are the true qualities you invite to dwell within your psyche—wisdom, peace, courage—and they arrive when you stand quietly in the awareness that you are the I AM. The outer events then align to reflect the inner decision you have chosen.