Whispers by the Inner Brook

1 Kings 17:1-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:1-7

Biblical Context

Elijah proclaims a drought and is guided to Cherith. There he is fed by ravens until the brook dries up.

Neville's Inner Vision

Elijah is the figure you meet when you suspect scarcity in your life, a drought of rain in the land of your doing. The declaration before Ahab is not a history lesson but a demonstration of a fixed state of consciousness: As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. The word that comes to him—get thee hence, turn eastward, hide by Cherith—is the invitation to leave the old identification and enter a new inner habit: a quiet, listening I AM. Cherith is the inner brook, a reservoir of imagination you drink from as you align with your true Self. The ravens are the timely ideas that feed you when you refuse the story of lack and remain faithful to the feeling of sufficiency. The brook dries because the outer scene must follow the inner shift; yet you are not abandoned. In that drying you are shown how to move to the next provision, trusting that the I AM has already prepared your next stream. The real rain is a state—never far from you—sending external signs only after you believe.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close eyes, assume you are at your Cherith, drinking from the inner brook. Feel the assurance that the I AM supplies you; if outer conditions change, revise your inner state to still say, I am supplied and watch the next provision appear.

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