Inner Watchfulness Now
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Thessalonians 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Let this verse awaken you to keeping alert, not drifting in sleep or intoxicated thinking. It marks a boundary between unconscious habit and conscious life.
Neville's Inner Vision
This text invites you to claim the I AM as your persistent center. 'Sleep' and 'drunkenness' symbolize habitual thoughts that obscure your true awareness, not a clock’s hour. To 'watch' and be 'sober' is to align your entire being with the certainty that you are already that which you seek. The world you perceive is the outward sign of your inner state; revise the feeling that you are lacking and hold the sense of completion now. When you dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, the night of distraction dissolves and clarity emerges. You are not battling circumstances but reconstituting consciousness itself. The practice is not effort against life but the gentle shift of attention to the I AM, the unwavering observer. If you imagine yourself as awake—present, lucid, inwardly calm—and affirm, 'I am the I AM; I am awake now' you align with the truth that creates.
Practice This Now
Practice: assume you are already awake in God. Repeat, 'I am awake now; I am the I AM' while breathing slowly, then move through your day with that inner posture, revising any distracting thought as 'It is done.'
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