Oak Moment of Inner Choice
1 Kings 13:11-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
An old Bethel prophet pursues the man of God from Judah after hearing of his deeds and questions his route, meeting him beside an oak.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within Neville’s psychology, every outward scene is a state of consciousness. The old prophet and the man of God are two inner dispositions contending within the mind: tradition and true calling. The surrounding king and the deeds spoken are the moving thoughts of circumstance. The pursuit by the old prophet is the belief that appearance governs destiny; the oak is the moment of choice where you either yield to external rumor or stand on the inner word. When the man of God says, 'I am,' he embodies the living I AM—the inner identity that cannot be swayed by another’s claim. The sons who tell what happened are the mind’s habit of relaying appearances, rather than the actual reality. The practice you want is to know that your life follows your inner assumption, not the crowd. If you feel the certainty of the inner word and refuse to abandon it, you revise your sense of route until your outer path naturally follows the inner decree. Your present moment becomes the oracle by which you direct your life.
Practice This Now
Assume you are the man of God with a clear inner directive; feel it as real now and revise any doubt by reaffirming, 'I am led by the inner word' before acting.
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