The Tingling Word Within

1 Samuel 3:11-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

11And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
1 Samuel 3:11-14

Biblical Context

God declares a decisive act against Eli's house, tied to persistent inner corruption and the failure to restrain it. The passage frames the coming judgment as a consequence that cannot be appeased by ritual alone.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice these lines as a movement within your own consciousness. The Lord’s statement, I will do a thing in Israel, is the I AM declaring a new direction in your inner world. The tingling of the ears is the birth-pang of awareness, the moment when you hear that a decision has begun within you. When I begin, I will also make an end expresses that as you begin to align with truth in some area, a long-standing pattern ends elsewhere. I have told him I will judge his house forever … because his sons made themselves vile is the psyche’s way of naming inner tendencies that have been tolerated. The law here is simple: inner patterns cannot be cleansed by sacrifice alone; they require a shift of state. Samuel’s listening call to innocence is your invitation to obedience to a higher conviction of I AM. The prophecy is not punishment but the natural consequence of living in harmony with your true self. Return now to the quiet certainty that you are the one who commands your inner order, and let your world reflect that alignment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume, 'I am the I AM, and I now address and dissolve the old pattern within me.' Feel the inner tingling as you revise your state to one of truth and fidelity.

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