Humble Under The Mighty Hand
1 Peter 5:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Peter 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage invites humility before God, trusting His timing for exaltation, and encourages casting every care onto Him because He cares for you.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider the mighty hand as your sustained awareness, the I AM in action. Humility is not a scarcity of power, but a precise alignment of attention with the one ruling your inner stage. In this moment, Peter invites you to yield to that hand, not by grovelling, but by consenting to a shift of identity: you are the I AM, and the exaltation promised is the order of your inner state, coming in due time as your subjective sense of worth. Casting all your care upon Him is not empty resignation; it is a turning of the mind away from the restless surface and into the deep watchful love of God—you care for you because you are the living form of that care. When you cease resisting the current of life and trust the divine monitoring of your thoughts, you rise in confidence, because you have surrendered to the law that governs your consciousness. Your every concern loosens its grip as you rest in the assumption that you are cared for by the I AM who never sleeps. Exaltation follows not from striving, but from alignment.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state: I am under the mighty hand of God; all care is cast onto Him. Feel the relief as you inhabit that awareness.
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