Inner Law of Life and Destruction
1 Kings 20:42 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse declares that because the king released a man whom the LORD appointed to utter destruction, his own life and the nation’s life are at stake. It points to an inner law of accountability that mirrors outward consequences.
Neville's Inner Vision
In your consciousness the LORD is the I AM, the governing awareness. To let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction is to release a mental image or habit your higher self has marked for demise. The law is exact: when you release such an image, your life — your vitality of consciousness — must pay its debt, and your inner communities follow suit. But this is not punishment; it is natural balance making room for a higher life. The decree is the moment you align with the inner authority, the death of the old form clears space for a new self to arise. You do not fight the decree; you accept it as true within imagination and you revise. By choosing now to accept the I AM as the decree, you assign the destruction of the old thought and the birth of a higher state. The life you seek comes by the death of the old self in imagination, not by struggle.
Practice This Now
Assume now that the old pattern is dead and the I AM holds the decree; imagine the scene and feel your life expanding as you revise the inner image.
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