Inner Breath and Mercy
1 Kings 17:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The widow laments her son's death and blames the man of God, mistaking his presence for a judgment of her past sins; the scene highlights how guilt blocks life and how mercy can restore vitality.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of the widow’s boy as your living vitality—the breath of any situation that seems to fail. The grief and accusation are not God’s judgment upon you, but your belief in a memory of sin that would recall and slay life. Elijah, the 'man of God', is your inner act of awareness—your I AM—that calls forth life from the scene of fear. When she asks, 'What have I to do with thee?' she is not addressed by a distant judge, but by your consciousness that has forgotten the past and merely assumes the present life. The sickness becomes a dramatization of a mind asleep to the truth that the I AM never condemns, only revives. The resurrection he brings is the mind’s return to the awareness that life is continuous, ever-present, and that mercy is the natural state of being. By re-scripting the inner narrative—replacing guilt with the memory of divine life—you align with the unseen healer.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and revise: 'There is no death; life returns to this inner son now.' See the breath restore and the scene brighten.
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