Inner Hearing and Reverent Obedience
Deuteronomy 17:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Plainly, the verse says that when the people hear the command, they fear and stop acting presumptuously. It signals a shift from impulsive action to reverent obedience.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within your consciousness the people are the many states of mind you carry. Hearing is the attention you give to the inner word of life. Fear is not panic but reverent awe before the I AM that you are. When this reverence takes hold, you desist from acting presumptuously, from leaping ahead of the inner law or claiming results before they are ready. The command to do no more presumptuously invites you to align outer behavior with the inner truth you now acknowledge. Your imagination is the instrument by which you hear; picture yourself living as one who has heard and obeyed the inner command, and the outer world begins to adjust to that state. The crowd quiets not by force but by your acceptance that you are the authority of your world, and the I AM within you governs all outcomes.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume you have heard the inner command and feel reverent stillness; revise any urge to act presumptuously until the inner voice signals readiness. Then feel it real as the new state.
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