Dividing The Sea Within
Exodus 14:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Exodus 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 14:16 records God instructing Moses to lift his rod and divide the sea so the Israelites may walk on dry ground, symbolizing liberation from bondage. It points to inner deliverance through a shift of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your story of crossing the sea is not a history lesson; it is a map of your own consciousness. The sea is the restless belief that holds you in limitation; the rod is your focal point of awareness—the I AM you claim as real. When you lift that rod in imagination and stretch your hand over the sea of circumstance, you are not commanding God externally, you are calling your inner state into order. The divided waters show what happens when belief outweighs doubt: the old vision parts to reveal a dry, navigable ground beneath your feet. The Israelites symbolize your faculties awakened by the assured feeling that you are already free; their journey represents moving from bondage to covenant loyalty—the loyalty of living in alignment with your desired state. Mercy and compassion arise as you no longer judge by appearances, but by what your inner sense affirms. Remember: God is the I AM inside, and imagination makes the exodus possible here and now, not in some distant time.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and, in the present tense, declare 'I am free now.' Lift a mental rod and imagine the sea parting, then walk across dry ground in your inner state, staying there until the feeling of liberty is real.
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