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1 Kings 17:12-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
1 Kings 17:12-16

Biblical Context

A widow with little is asked to bake first for Elijah, and she is promised that her meal and oil will not run dry until rain; she obeys, and they are sustained for many days.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the widow as a symbol of your own current state: scarcity, represented by a nearly empty barrel and a dwindling oil. Elijah's request is not a demand from without but a sign to revise the story you are telling your I AM. When she agrees and first offers a cake, she feeds the inner movement of faith itself, making the first thing not for hunger but for realization. The promise—barrel of meal and cruse of oil shall not fail—becomes a natural law within consciousness, not dependent on rain or outside luck. If you act as though abundance exists, the inner energy shifts and the outer world follows through grace. Obedience here is faithfulness to the impression of plenty your I AM chooses to hold. With steady trust, scarcity dissolves into a daily rhythm of sufficiency. The miracle is not merely a momentary supply but a persistent state, a felt sense that what you need is already given in the present moment by the power you hold as awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, revise the current lack by affirming, 'The barrel of my meal and the oil do not fail.' Then, feel the abundance as a lived sensation in your body, as if you already possess what you need.

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