Inner Victory Over Adversaries
1 Chronicles 18:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Chronicles 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The Syrians come to help Hadarezer, and David slays twenty-two thousand of them. The verse records a decisive victory and the exercise of kingly authority.
Neville's Inner Vision
Reality is consciousness, and the outer scene in 1 Chronicles 18:5 is the mirror of your inner state. The Syrians marching to the aid of Hadarezer are not merely enemies in history but thoughts and habits opposing your true Being. David, the I AM within you, steps forward as the sovereign of your awareness and with one inward decree negates the appearance of threat. When he slays twenty-two thousand, the inner victory is accomplished: belief in lack and danger yields to the certainty of your dominion. The event in the page becomes a symbol: your inner revision and the feeling of the wish fulfilled turn the imagined odds into dust. By dwelling in the throne room of consciousness and declaring, 'I am the Lord of this waking state,' you welcome the same quiet triumph the scripture hints. The law of assumption works here: your vivid, felt experience precedes and shapes the outer scene. So claim the throne, and observe how the Damascus forces dissolve as your inner light asserts its rule.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, revise the scene to you on a throne of awareness and declare dominion. Feel the victory now until the image is vivid and the sense of separation dissolves.
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