Inner Rejoicing Through Trials
1 Peter 1:6-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Peter says believers can rejoice in trials, for tested faith is more precious than gold and leads to salvation; prophets spoke of this grace, and angels long to understand it.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your trials are not random events but the movements of consciousness testing the belief you hold about yourself. The heaviness you sense is the mind adjusting to a firmer assumption, the kind that only imagination can sustain. The so-called fire is not punishment but purification, burning away the gold-dollar self until faith shines with a purer light. When you love the unseen Jesus, you are already in the presence of the risen within; the appearing of Christ is the moment you recognize the I AM that you are, and your joy becomes unspeakable because it flows from the inner reality, not from outward appearances. The end of your faith is the salvation of your soul—a transformation of identity into complete alignment with God-consciousness. The prophets sought this grace and found clues in their visions; now it is revealed to you, through the Spirit of Christ within, that what they spoke of is your present birthright. Angels long to look into this mystery, for it is the divine drama moving in your own consciousness. So rest in this: you are what you seek, already.
Practice This Now
Assume the end of your faith now: imagine joy unspeakable as already yours; feel the heaviness melt as you dwell in the I AM, repeating, 'I am saved, I am the I AM,' until it feels real.
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