Inner Covenant of the Heart
Deuteronomy 30:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 30 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Deuteronomy 30:17 says that when the heart turns away and refuses to hear the call of life, it will be drawn toward inner idols and serve them instead of the one living awareness within you.
Neville's Inner Vision
To interpret this through Neville’s lens is to see the 'other gods' as inner states of consciousness you allow when you identify with separation or lack. If your heart turns away and you resist hearing the still, small voice, you invite idols—fears, desires, or opinions—into your temple. The remedy is not outer ritual but a return to the I AM, the conscious life you are, and an imagination guided by that state. In that state, the idol loses its grip because you are the power by which life is known. Your worship becomes an inner alignment: you re-anchor in the Presence within and let your actions spring from it. By choosing the I AM, you dissolve apparent power of the idol and awaken the inner kingdom. The command is interior: live from that single consciousness and serve nothing but the living Presence within.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and repeat 'I AM' as a living presence within. Then revise any momentary idol by affirming, 'I now turn my heart to the I AM within me and hear Its life as my only law,' feeling the truth as if it is already so.
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