Inner Naming of Ishmael
Genesis 16:15 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Hagar bears Abram a son, and Abram names the boy Ishmael. The verse highlights naming as a deliberate act of identity and destiny.
Neville's Inner Vision
Genesis 16:15 speaks of birth and naming as a drama played within consciousness. In Neville’s circle, Ishmael is a state of consciousness born from a moment when you acknowledge and name it. Hagar is the outer circumstance, the appearance; Abram is your I AM, the aware capacity that makes choices and gives form. When Abram names the child Ishmael, he is not awaiting an event; he is declaring a reality already held in the I AM. The naming is the moment you decide the quality of your life and set the terms for its expression. The child carries the name Ishmael, a sign that you are responding to life with a foregone conclusion of existence; Providence and Guidance flow as you steady your awareness on the end from the end. The grace given to you is your capacity to imagine and insist that this inner image is your present truth. The birth, then, is not a tale of time but a mental act of recognition: 'I AM this state; I have already become what I name.'
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Practice: Assume the state you desire as already born. Speak its name inwardly as the I AM, and feel its reality for 2–3 minutes, revising any doubt until it feels true.
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