The Inner Smite Awakens Obedience
1 Kings 20:37 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
An inner man asks to be struck, and the blow wounds him; the scene signals obedience tested by a felt correction. It points to a psychic process where pain becomes a wake-up call guiding the soul toward righteousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the Neville lens, the scene is an inner petition. The 'man' who strikes is not a stranger in the outer street but a facet of your own consciousness, the part that manifests consequence when you demand a test, a correction, or an obedience check. When 'smite me' is spoken, it reveals the inner habit of requiring punishment to prove loyalty to a truth you sense but have not yet embodied. The smiting and the wound symbolize the price paid when you insist on a lesson from life rather than from your own decisive assumption. In this light, the event is not history but a drama of your state of mind: you call for a mirror, the mirror wounds, and from that wound you awaken to a higher alignment with the I AM—the immutable awareness that governs your world. The healing comes not from the world outside but from waking the inner law of obedience, suffering serving as a doorway to righteousness and justice that begins in you.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, place your hand on your heart, and declare, 'I am willing to be corrected by the inner law.' Then imagine a quiet inner figure offering a gentle, corrective touch that wounds your ego but heals your sense of purpose.
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