Near Word, Within Heart
Deuteronomy 30:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 30 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse says the commandment is close to you, existing within your speech and your inner feeling, so you may speak it and act according to it.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within every traveler of life, the I AM—your pure awareness—is the living source of every command you seek to follow. The 'word' is not a distant statute but a present vibration, close at hand as breath and thought. When you imagine yourself already living the decree, you align your inner state with the principle you call 'the Law.' Obedience then becomes the natural outgrowth of your true identity, not a fear-driven obligation. The tongue and the heart gate the inner chamber where possibilities become fact; you are a state of consciousness in which action follows belief. The verse invites you to covenant loyalty with your own inner identity, to harmonize thought, feeling, and will, and to recognize that the rule you seek to obey resides as a living reality inside you. As you treat the word as near and rehearsed within your imagination, you stop striving from without and begin observing and refining your inner state until outward circumstances reflect that unity.
Practice This Now
Practice: close your eyes, breathe deeply, and affirm inwardly, 'I am the word, I am the decree, I am within and I will do it.' Revise any sense of distance by repeating 'the word is near' until it feels fully real.
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