Inner Call and Ananias' Fear

Acts 9:13-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Acts 9 in context

Scripture Focus

13Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Acts 9:13-14

Biblical Context

Ananias questions the Lord about Saul’s past and the danger of his authority over believers. The passage shows the clash between fear and faithful obedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Saul’s feared voice is not a man to be judged but a state of consciousness within you that believes it can bind your good. Ananias’ hesitation is your own caution-born memory, a voice that speaks from past doings and future threats. Yet the Lord’s call is not a history lesson but the I AM speaking in your present awareness. The 'name' called upon is your genuine identity, the expression of God within. When you hear the report that this state can 'bind all who call on thy name,' you are offered a choice: accept the apparent power of the old state or reassert your true authority as God’s idea. To trust is to align with the living assurance that you are already the one who calls, and thus the binding power dissolves by your decision. The moment you assume, 'I am the I AM; this fear is but a thought I will outgrow,' you give the inner movement permission to shift, and the new act of life begins. The fear becomes a step in your transformation, not a conclusion of your reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit, close your eyes, and declare, 'I am the I AM; nothing can bind or separate me from divine being.' Then revise the scene by imagining Ananias calmly receiving Saul’s call as your own renewed obedience, and feel the truth as if it were real now.

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