Inner Ark of Worship
1 Chronicles 13:8-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Chronicles 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
David and Israel celebrate before God with all their might. When Uzza touches the ark to steady it, God strikes him for violating holiness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within your mind, the scene unfolds as a drama of consciousness. David and Israel are your states of worship, pouring forth their praise before the I AM with all their might. The ark represents your deepest Presence, the steady center of awareness you call God. The oxen stumbling and the cart’s movement symbolize the body's tendency to wobble when you are not fully anchored in your inner law. Uzza’s hand to steady the ark is the ego’s attempt to grasp and control the sacred state, thinking to preserve it by a touch. That moment of touching becomes a transgression against the holy order, and the anger of the LORD is kindled in your inner watching—your life-moment where you become aware of the price of overstepping. This is not a distant judgment but a decoding of your own inner balance: the holy thing must remain untouched by personal possession. When you worship with joy, you must hold reverently the process, letting the I AM govern what is lifted and moved. If you attempt to secure the sacred by force, you disrupt the inner harmony and feel its 'death' as a loss of vibrational harmony. The law is simple: holiness means separation of the ordinary from the divine, and your awareness is the ark kept in obedience.
Practice This Now
Imaginative practice: In your next moment of worship, assume you are the keeper of the inner ark; feel the Presence shining through you as the I AM. If you sense the urge to touch or grasp the sacred state, revise softly, 'I let the I AM lead; I stand as witness to this moment' and breathe the feeling of reverent stillness.
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