Valley and Hill: Inner Deliverance

1 Kings 20:27-29 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 20 in context

Scripture Focus

27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
29And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
1 Kings 20:27-29

Biblical Context

Israel is outnumbered and encamped, but a word from God declares the LORD’s power over all places, not just hills. On the seventh day, the battle turns and the people win.

Neville's Inner Vision

View the scene as a vivid inner drama: the encamped hosts are your thoughts crowding in from every side, and the valleys represent a belief about where God operates. The man of God who speaks 'Thus saith the LORD' is your higher I AM, the inner voice that reminds you power is not restricted to hills but is present wherever you resist fear. When you accept the I AM as everywhere, the siege dissolves, not by external swords but by aligning imagination with truth. The seven days mirror patient attention until fear yields to faith; on the seventh day the mind moves from contraction to expansion and the apparent multitude is mastered by a single, clear inner word. The promise 'ye shall know that I am the LORD' becomes experiential certainty: God is the I AM within you, sovereign in every place you inhabit. Your deliverance is the awakening to this fact, dissolving boundaries as you embody the truth of who you are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the I AM is the LORD of your valleys too. In a brief, quiet moment, say 'The LORD is God of all places within me,' and feel that conviction saturate your chest as the inner crowd settles into peace.

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