Divine Movement or Human Counsel
Acts 5:38-39 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse warns to distinguish between human effort and God's movement; if it is divine, no opposition can overturn it.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, the text becomes a mirror for your inner life. It asks you to distinguish between a movement born of personal ambition and one seeded by the divine I AM within you. When you feel a project or decision arising as if from the depths of your own being, you are not merely thinking; you are aligning with God's purpose as it expresses through you. If this inner movement is truly of God, no outward opposition—no doubt, no crowd, no circumstance—can overthrow it, for you are an instrument of the eternal will. If, on the other hand, it is only a counsel of the ego or the world, it will crumble of its own weight. So test the impulse by its fruit: does it elevate love, trust, and faith? Does it lead you deeper into stillness or into fear? The law of Providence is simple: what you accept in imagination becomes your life. Live in that awareness, and your external events will rearrange themselves to confirm it. You are not fighting God; you are discovering where God already reigns in you.
Practice This Now
Assume the inner movement is God’s work in you; revise any fear by calmly affirming, 'This is the I AM at work.' Then feel it-real by visualizing the desired outcome unfolding effortlessly as if already true.
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