Inner Alliances Break
2 Chronicles 20:35-37 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Chronicles 20 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jehoshaphat joins with a wicked king to build ships, but a prophet warns that this alliance breaks his works and the ships are broken so they cannot sail.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through Neville’s lens, that outer alliance reveals an inner state: a moment when consciousness leans toward control, status, and expedient power rather than the I AM’s guidance. The ships symbolize projects born of appetite or fear, sailed toward Tarshish as if distant gain could satisfy inner restlessness. The prophet’s voice is your inner correction, a notification that you have consented to a union that diverts energy from divine purpose. When you recognize this, the only true act is to withdraw that consent and re-center in God as your awareness. The I AM does not punish; it purges by revealing misalignment so you can revise. In this moment, you are free to choose a new ordering of priorities, a revision that places covenant loyalty and obedience above outward alliance. Begin to imagine yourself already in harmony with divine will, and let the energy once spent on the broken plan flow into a single, god-guided venture. The ships dissolve not as punishment, but as a clearing for a wiser, truer work to emerge.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and declare: I withdraw my consent to any plan not rooted in the I AM; I align with divine wisdom, and my ships sail by inner guidance. Feel the inner watcher revise your purpose and set you on a single, sacred course.
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