Inner Trust Over Outer Threat

2 Kings 18:19-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Kings 18 in context

Scripture Focus

19And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
2 Kings 18:19-25

Biblical Context

Rabshakeh taunts Hezekiah, asking what confidence they place in and implying reliance on Egypt or man-made power. The inner message is about where you place your trust: on a bruised reed or on the living I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this dramatic moment, Rabshakeh’s voice is the doubt that prowls the mind, asking, 'What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?' The siege, the staff, and the boast of Egypt are symbolic pictures, not final facts, of what you lean on in fear. To say, 'We trust in the LORD our God' is to acknowledge a higher inner alignment—the I AM within—rather than any outward helper. The altar Hezekiah removed and the insistence on worship in Jerusalem signify that true allegiance is to inner worship, not external forms. When you affirm that the LORD has gone up against this land, you are really affirming that your inner consciousness has conquered the sense of danger. Neville would say the battle is mental: you revise the belief that power lies in chariots or pharaohs, and instead dwell in the certainty that the I AM is the only power here. Thus, the fear dissolves as trust becomes a lived state, and the outer world bows to your inner decree.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of 'I AM' as your only power, revising any reliance on worldly supports. Then imagine the inner altar restored and worshipper within you standing firm, knowing the I AM governs all you perceive.

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