Inner Stone of Resolve
Daniel 6:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Daniel 6 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
A stone is laid over Daniel's den and sealed, securing the king's decree so that Daniel's purpose remains unchanged regardless of external power.
Neville's Inner Vision
Daniel stands not under a rock but in the cave of your own awareness. The stone laid at the den's mouth is the stubborn, settled assumption you place over a situation—an assumption you declare with your I AM. The king's signet and the lords' signet are the authorities of your mind, the deliberate decisions you affirm, the mental utterances that seal the state into the subconscious. When you solemnly decree that the purpose of your inner man cannot be undone by anything the outer world might announce, you are sewing your future into the fabric of now. The outer danger, the king's edict, or the roaring of the lions, represents circumstance and time—yet they cannot alter the inner fact when the inner fact is believed. The verse teaches Providence is not a rescue from reality but the realization that you are the cause of reality, that your I AM is the sole governor of your state of being. Hence, Daniel's safety is your inner resolve that remains intact no matter the outward situation. The key is to dwell in that state, until it feels as real as the breath.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Fix a definite purpose and, in your imagination, place a stone over the den of limitation and seal it with the I AM. Then feel the reality of that purpose, as if it were already done, for a minute or two.
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