Asa's Reign and Inner Kingdom Insight
1 Kings 15:9-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 15 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
1 Kings 15:9-10 records Asa becoming king of Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam and reigning forty-one years in Jerusalem. It also names his mother Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the Neville Goddard lens, 1 Kings 15:9-10 becomes a parable of your inner reign. The twenty-year mark of Jeroboam signals a shift from the outer, divided kingdom into a singular, sovereign state of consciousness you can claim now. Asa’s forty-one-year rule in Jerusalem embodies a durable state of awareness you maintain when you stop negotiating with old fears and stories and begin living from the I AM within. The mention of his mother Maachah, daughter of Abishalom, points to the inner genealogies of thought—the inherited biases and attachments that accompany any act of ruling. In this psychology, the outer king arises from a feeling you hold in the I AM; you can revise those feelings, letting go of old loyalties that no longer serve your sovereignty. By imagining yourself as the ruler of your life—your inner Jerusalem—you align your outer circumstances with that inner state. The chronicle invites you to acknowledge your inner authority, observe the mother-tendencies with compassionate detachment, and persist in the sense that you are already king of your own realm.
Practice This Now
Sit in quiet and declare, 'I reign in Jerusalem now,' and feel the throne of my awareness settling in my chest. Then revise any lingering old bias as Maachah, seeing it dissolve into consciousness and watching my life reflect the sovereign state I have chosen.
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