Oak Moment of Inner Choice

1 Kings 13:11-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 13 in context

Scripture Focus

11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
1 Kings 13:11-14

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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