The Inner Vow Realized
Ecclesiastes 5:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Make a vow to God, and keep it promptly. Delays reveal folly; pay what you promised.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your vow is a state of consciousness, not a mere ceremony. When you vow to God, you stamp the I AM with a decision that must become your inner air and outer life. To defer is to scatter faith into future outcomes; paying the vow anchors awareness in the present, where imagination becomes reality. The 'fools' the verse condemns are those who speak a vow without sustaining the inner feeling that makes it real. Once the vow is felt as true, you must keep the mood of that vow by living as if the promise is already fulfilled. Paying the vow is not payment in coin but payment in alignment: you imagine yourself already faithful, and your outer life follows that belief. If you neglect the payment, you betray the faith you uttered and weaken the bridge between desire and manifestation. Stand in the present I AM, reaffirm the vow with feeling, and let that inner alignment guide every choice until your world reflects the pledged state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, imagine you have already paid the vow; feel the relief, confidence, and certainty as your I AM affirming the promise. Then take one concrete step today that aligns with that vow.
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