Samuel's Quiet Word Within

1 Samuel 3:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
1 Samuel 3:1

Biblical Context

A young Samuel serves the LORD, and the LORD's word is precious in those days, with no open vision.

Neville's Inner Vision

Samuel stands as a child in the temple of your own mind, where there is no open vision and the word of the LORD is called precious. He ministers, obedient and attentive, while the external signs fail to appear. In this scene, the inner Word is the real, living movement of consciousness—impressing itself upon awareness even when no outward sight reveals it. You are urged to trust the inward hearing rather than chasing external proof. The 'Eli' of old beliefs may counsel sleep, but the I AM within you is always listening. When you discern that the divine Word is precious in these days, you learn to attend to the subtle movement of imagination—the thought that speaks as truth, the feeling that confirms it as real. The absence of open vision is not a lack; it is a calling to inward attention, to cultivate a faith that the Word already exists in your awareness, and that you are its minister by living from that inner Truth.

Practice This Now

Assume the Word speaks within you now; hold that impression as real until it becomes your next action. In practice, sit in quiet and 'hear' the inner sentence, then move in accord with it today.

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