Chorus Before the Battle
2 Chronicles 20:21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Chronicles 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jehoshaphat consults the people and appoints singers to lead the army in praise. They proclaim the beauty of holiness and the LORD’s enduring mercy.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the king’s act as your inner command to saturate a difficult moment with praise. The army represents your outward situation—the challenge you face—yet the procession of singers is your successive states of awareness, going ahead as if the outcome is already established by your faith. The phrase 'praise the beauty of holiness' points you to the purity of your own being—the undisputed presence of I AM—where holiness is not a distant ritual but a living perception. When you ‘consult the people,’ you are asking your inner chorus to gather the right beliefs, and when you appoint singers unto the LORD, you are granting authority to gratitude, mercy, and steadfast love within. By declaring 'his mercy endureth for ever,' you anchor your consciousness to an unchanging reality; the outer army becomes secondary to the certainty of inner life. Your imagination, rightly engaged, becomes the advance guard that makes the external prove what you already know in spirit.
Practice This Now
Before stepping toward a challenge today, close your eyes and place a choir of inner states before you, singing 'Praise the LORD' and acknowledging the beauty of holiness. Assume this chorus is already true and feel the mercy enduring as the foundation of your next move.
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