Inner Lions and Serpents
Amos 5:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Amos 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Amos 5:19 uses the image of fleeing a lion and being bitten by a serpent after leaning on a wall; it suggests that outward escape or shelter cannot spare you from danger when fear and habit govern your inner state.
Neville's Inner Vision
The lion and the bear are not external beasts but states of consciousness arising within you, while the serpent represents doubt that bites when you lean on the wall of habit. The wall is a self image of safety that never truly protects. In Neville Goddard terms this scene reveals a law: you do not escape your inner condition by fleeing outward; you awaken by realizing you are the I AM, the unconditioned awareness that yields all experience. When you identify with the I AM, you can revise the scene by assuming the end that you are safe, whole, and untroubled wherever you go. Feel the reality of that state here and now, and notice the outer events soften as your inner decree holds true. By imagining from the end you transform the appearance of fear into a demonstration of your inner power, so the so called dangers vanish as you inhabit the authority of your own consciousness.
Practice This Now
Assume the I AM now and feel it real. See yourself stepping from the wall into a vast calm and watch the lion, bear, and serpent dissolve into stillness.
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