Inner Walk Before I AM
2 Chronicles 7:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse states a conditional path: walk before God as David did, and observe all His commands and judgments. Obedience is the gateway to alignment with the divine order.
Neville's Inner Vision
To walk before me is to attend to the inner posture of consciousness. It is not a geography, but a state: you, the I AM, choosing to live from the end already achieved. David’s fidelity becomes a symbol for a persistently awakened mind— a pattern of steadiness that refuses to imagine itself outside the divine law. The statutes and judgments are inner laws you consent to obey in imagination, not external rules. When you align with them, your outer scene rearranges to mirror the inward alignment. The conditional “if thou wilt” is an invitation to revise your current self-conception until it matches the perfect order of being, the I AM that you truly are. Do not seek the world to change first; change your sense of self and the world will follow. By dwelling in that obedient, aware state you become the living embodiment of the command; your life becomes a testimony to the living, unbroken relation between consciousness and its expression.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly and, with eyes closed, assume the state of walking before the I AM as your permanent condition. Feel the inner law as a heartbeat of your days, revise your self-concept to that fidelity, and act from it in small choices until obedience becomes your natural life.
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