The Inner House Building
1 Kings 5:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Solomon's and Hiram's builders join to quarry stones and prepare timber, laying the foundation for the house. It speaks of joint effort and deliberate preparation as the temple of God is formed in the mind.
Neville's Inner Vision
Listen to the two companies in your mind—the will and the imagination—laboring together under the single purpose of erecting your inner temple. The stone-quarers and timber-men are your thoughts properly cut and measured by faith in the I AM; when you know Presence as your own awareness, the work becomes a sacred ceremony, not a ritual merely. Your true worship is the loyalty of consciousness to the divine idea you choose to inhabit. The Presence fills the temple now, as you persist in the imagined act until it feels like fact. Holiness and separation arise as you discard lower states, permitting only constructive thoughts to dwell. The covenant is simple: stay loyal to the I AM that animates every stone and timber of your mind, and your house is complete.
Practice This Now
Assume the finished inner temple now: I AM the builder and Presence is here. Feel the mental chisels forged by faith shaping thoughts into a holy house.
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