Jordan’s Simple Obedience
2 Kings 5:9-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Kings 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Naaman arrives seeking healing, is told to wash in Jordan seven times; he resists at first, then submits to the simple command and is healed.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture Naaman not as a man of import, but as your own consciousness caught in a storm of pride and longing. The prophet’s command to wash in Jordan seven times is not a deed to perform on a distant river; it is a directive to rinse the mind of familiar, stubborn identity. The river represents the ever-moving current of awareness within you. The \"go and wash\" instruction is your inner revision: let go of the notion that healing must come through grand gestures or external power. Humility—the servant’s appeal—becomes your recognition that no one outside can fix you; only your I AM, your inner awareness, can restore form by accepting a simple, repeated act. When you finally \"dip seven times\" in the metaphorical Jordan (a practice of consistent inner washing), your flesh, your sense of self, returns as a child’s, pure and unblemished. The grace here is not a miracle from without but the recognition that your state shifts when obedience aligns with inner truth.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, declare I AM clean now, and imagine stepping into Jordan’s waters until old self-forms wash away; commit today to one simple obedient act as a sign of your inner cleansing.
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