The Inner Decree of Daniel

Daniel 6:5-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Daniel 6 in context

Scripture Focus

5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
6Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Daniel 6:5-9

Biblical Context

Daniel 6:5-9 tells of a royal decree forbidding petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to the king. Daniel remains faithful to his God and continues to pray, despite the decree.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the scene as a psalm of inner law. The kingly edict is not a cosmic verdict but a symbol of a fixed outer pattern—the Medes and Persians of your outward world insisting that you bow to temporary appearances. The phrase 'the law of his God' points to the inner jurisdiction of the I AM within you. Daniel is not a man constrained by threat; he is the consciousness that chooses communion with the Divine Presence. When the world decrees thirty days of silence from prayer, your inner self replies, 'I am always praying in the house of my God.' The outer decree cannot alter the living reality that you are one with the source of all power. As you feel this, the fear of the den of lions collapses into wisdom, because you have already accepted your invincibility in the God-state. Your true decree is not what the king signs, but what you allow your inner God to be: unwavering, fearless, and fully heard. Daniel's story invites you to keep your attention on the inner God, and to revise any sense of limitation until your life reflects the living law.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as your constant state and revise the decree by affirming, 'I am free in God; no outer law binds me.' Then sit in stillness until this inner fact radiates into your experience and steadies your prayer.

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