Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 11:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 11 in context

Scripture Focus

1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 11:1-4

Biblical Context

Solomon's attraction to many wives leads his heart away from the Lord. The multitude of alliances and their gods causes his heart to turn away, so his heart is not perfect with the LORD as David's was.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon in this story is our own consciousness when it has become hot with many foreign loves—desires, opinions, and images that are not the I AM. Each alliance, each 'god' taken into the heart divides attention and loosens the solid, single allegiance that makes a vision real. When the heart grows old in such a mixed worship, the inner orientation falters: the LORD becomes simply one among many, and the coherence of the self slips toward not-perfect-with-God, as David's soul stood in earlier days. Neville's law is the reverse: your inner state creates your outward events. If you dwell on many competing loyalties, you awaken a world ruled by confusion; if you claim one sovereign, the I AM, and entertain it as your only reality, the heart becomes steadfast, and the rest of life attends to that center. So, revise by returning your attention to the inner king; imagine that the throne is occupied by the same I AM you awaken to now; see all other 'gods' fade as you say, with feeling, 'I am the one God within me.'

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling that the I AM is the sole governor of your heart; when distractions arise, revise by affirming, 'There is only one God within me,' and dwell in that center for a few breaths.