Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 13:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 13 in context

Scripture Focus

4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kings 13:4

Biblical Context

Jeroboam hears the prophet at Bethel, stretches out his hand in defiance, and his hand withers, showing the consequence of resisting truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse the altar and the outstretched hand are not distant events but inner poses. Jeroboam's act of laying hold against the man of God mirrors a mind clinging to separation and control, a self-willed stance that rejects the truth spoken within. The withering hand is the outer manifestation of an inward refusal to abide in the I AM—the awareness that makes all things possible. When the prophet cries out from the outer scene, Neville's law says the true answer lies in the inner state: your reality is a function of your inner conviction. To heal is to revise your state to align with the truth that you are the I AM, the creator of your conditions. Imagination is not a fancy; it is the language of your reality. If you imagine yourself already free, whole, and receptive to truth, the force that pressed outward abates, and restoration follows in consciousness. The judgment of the outer is but the echo of the inner choice. Return to wholeness in awareness, and your world reflects that truth.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the I AM within you; in your imagination, there is no withered hand but a hand that accepts healing. See the scene revised so the hand is restored and you stand in the truth that awareness creates reality.