Inner Victory Chronicles 19:16
1 Chronicles 19:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The Syrians, seeing they were losing before Israel, send messengers. They draw more forces from beyond the river, with Shophach leading.
Neville's Inner Vision
Observe that the Syrians and their messenger form a pattern in my mind: when I feel I am losing, I call forth more of the same trouble from beyond the river of thought. The captain Shophach is the voice of the ego-leading the army before the scene and insisting on a defense of the old sense of self. Yet the Kingdom of God is not outside; it is the I AM within, the awareness that turns every event into a signal of my inner state. Providence shows how a perceived threat is an invitation to revise. When I acknowledge that I am the one who imagines the scene, the fear becomes a fading echo and the imagery of war yields to tranquility. Deliverance is swift when I shift allegiance from the external army to the inner victory already established by consciousness. Salvation is simply the relaxation into the truth: I am that I AM, and my surrounding events reflect the firmness of that state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the conqueror now—see the army dissolve and fear retreat. Feel it real as the I AM within you speaks the victory.
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