Amos 4:9 Inner Return Now
Amos 4:9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Amos 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Amos 4:9 records a divine scourge of drought and pestilence while lamenting that the people have not returned to the LORD; external plagues mirror inner neglect of the I AM.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's language, the blasting and mildew are not punishments inflicted by an external judge but movements of your own consciousness. When gardens, vineyards, figs, and olives appear to increase, yet you do not return to the I AM, you demonstrate that you have mistaken outer abundance for true alignment. The LORD in this moment is the I AM behind awareness, not a judge outside your experience. The palmerworm that devours fruit symbolizes a stubborn habit of thought that resists feeling the one life within. When you insist on separation, you invite cycles of lack and correction. The call 'yet have ye not returned unto me' is an inner invitation to revision: shift your state, not the weather, and your weather will shift. By adopting the assumption that you are already one with the I AM, you quiet the pestilent movements and birth fruit again in your life. The discipline is to dwell in the feeling of oneness until it shapes every outward condition.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am the I AM; I return to God now,' then feel the oneness as if it already exists for a full minute.
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