Samuel's Inner Service
1 Samuel 2:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Samuel 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Samuel, though a child, served the LORD, clothed in a linen ephod.
Neville's Inner Vision
Samuel in this verse is the mind in its pristine, willing service to the LORD—the I AM—because he is a child, yet fully available to the sacred. The linen ephod is your inner garb of consecration, a sign that worship is not measured by age or ritual but by the state of consciousness you maintain. To minister before the LORD is to attend to the movements of awareness, to feed the inner altar with attention rather than with noise. When you live as Samuel, you align with the inner order that receives and reflects divine presence; your outward acts become faithful echoes of your inner revision. The message is simple: assume the state of service, keep your mind dressed in the sanctified dress of awareness, and the outer life will follow that order. Trust that the inner temple you maintain in imagination becomes your outward life, and those small acts are part of a larger appointment with the divine. If there is doubt, revise your sense of self until you feel the I AM fully present, and feel it real this moment.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, claim, 'I am the LORD's servant, in this moment,' and feel the ephod of consecration around you; let that feeling guide your next action.
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