Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 9:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 9 in context

Scripture Focus

3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

1 Kings 9:3-4

Biblical Context

God has heard the prayer and sanctified the house to bear His name forever. The path is to walk before Him with integrity of heart and uprightness, keeping all His commands.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the temple in 1 Kings as the living center of your awareness. The house is not bricks but your current state of consciousness, and God’s eyes and heart resting there mean your attention, your feelings, and your decisions become impregnable to fear when aligned with the I AM within. When you imagine that this place is hallowed by your insistence on truth and right action, you invite the divine presence to dwell perpetually in you. To walk before Him as David did is to keep an inner standard of integrity—an unbroken consistency between what you claim in prayer and how you act in thought, word, and deed. The commandment and judgment are inner disciplines you obey in every moment, not external rules. As you continuously return to that sense of I AM here, your life becomes a reflection of that temple.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume, right now, I AM the temple where God dwells; His eyes and heart are perpetually present. Then sit quietly for a moment and feel the presence, choosing one concrete action today that aligns with your highest standard.