Elijah's Call: Rebuilding the Inner Altar
1 Kings 18:30 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Elijah invites all to come near and repair the LORD's altar that had been broken down.
Neville's Inner Vision
Elijah stands as the master of attention, not a man in a shrine, and his call to the people to come near is your invitation to bring awareness back to the I AM within. The altar broken down is the inner habit of worship that has been neglected—your daily thoughts, prayers, and imaginal acts left unattended. To repair it, you do not need outward ceremony; you re-consecrate the faculties of mind to the Presence you already are. The people’s approach signals a shift of consciousness: when you draw close to your own center, the outer conditions begin to respond to the inner faith you sustain. Repentance here is turning toward the truth that you are covenantly loyal to the Lord within, not to external forms, and holiness is the simple readiness to imagine rightly in the present moment. So, you live from the I AM, knowing that imagination becomes reality and that the altar, once repaired, awakens the rain of mercy and power that already resides in you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In the next five minutes, sit quietly, breathe deeply, and revise any sense of lack by affirming, 'The I AM within me is whole; I repair the inner altar now.' Visualize a bright altar in the chest and imagine a living flame of worship renewing every thought.
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