Inner Cheer in Crisis
Acts 27:21-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Acts 27:21-22, Paul rebukes the crew for ignoring his earlier counsel and then encourages them to be cheerful, promising all lives will be saved even if the ship is lost.
Neville's Inner Vision
Paul’s stance in the storm reveals inner authority. The long abstinence is the mind’s pause, inviting you to turn from outward fear toward the I AM within. When he says you should have hearkened unto me, he names the old habit of ignoring inner guidance; now the call is to adopt a higher assumption: there shall be no loss of life, only a shift of form. Be of good cheer is a deliberate re-entry into the truth that consciousness is the sole life and that fear cannot alter it. The ship represents the outer circumstance that may change, while your essential life remains untouched. By embracing this cheer, you revise the crisis from disaster to the opportunity to prove the immutability of your inner state. The outer may be wrecked; the inner remains, and your feeling of assurance becomes the rudder that guides the next movements. Hold to the I AM, and the imagined outcome aligns with reality.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and repeat, 'I am led by the I AM; there is no loss in my journey.' Then revise the past by affirming you heeded inner guidance, and feel the cheerful certainty now in your chest.
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