Basket of Inner Deliverance
Acts 9:23-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
After many days, Saul faces a plot by the Jews to kill him; he learns of the danger and is lowered out of the city wall at night in a basket to escape. The passage highlights perseverance and deliverance through a secret, inner movement that shifts the outer scene.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this scene of Saul’s flight, the real drama is not the wall or the basket, but the state of consciousness that believes in danger. The Jews' plot and the night‑watching gates are symbols of the mind's persistent fear when it forgets the I AM within. The basket becomes a vehicle of imagination, carrying you beyond the apparent menace while the inner you remains untouched by the external drama. When you identify with the I AM—the unchanging awareness behind thoughts—you discover that danger is only a motion of belief, not a fact. The night escape is your invitation to practice a steady assumption: that you are already kept, already delivered, regardless of what the crowd outside claims. With continued trust in the inner movement, the sense of threat dissolves, and liberty emerges as your natural state. Your persistence in feeling the truth of safety slowly rewires the scene until the outer appearance yields to the certainty of inner deliverance.
Practice This Now
Act: Close your eyes and rehearse the feeling of being safely delivered; imagine the basket lowering you through the wall of fear and placing you on solid ground, while repeating, 'I am kept by the I AM.'
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