Inner Temple of the I Am
1 Chronicles 15:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Chronicles 15 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
David built a home in the city of David, prepared a sanctuary for the ark, and pitched a tent to house God’s presence.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the pageant of history, the outward act mirrors an inward arrangement. The city of David represents your waking sense, where awareness abides. The ark of God is the living I AM, the indwelling presence you call forth. When David prepares a place and pitches a tent, he is teaching you how to fashion a sanctuary in mind. The act is a decision of loyalty to your inner covenant: you choose to stop scattering attention and to set house and sanctuary for the divine I AM. As you imagine, you are not seeking God in distant places; you are acknowledging that God dwells within your awareness as the I AM. The ark comes to rest in your inner temple when you hold still, feel gratitude, and refuse the pull of anxious thought. Worship, in this sense, becomes an inner architecture—clear, consecrated space where truth can inhabit you and express through you. This is the mystery: your external world reflects the order you have established inside.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare that I AM has prepared this temple within you and that the ark of life rests in your inner sanctuary now. Then revise lingering doubt by feeling the presence as real, calm, and intimate, as if you already wake within that sacred space.
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