Inner Covenant Genesis 21:4
Genesis 21:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Genesis 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Abraham circumcised Isaac at eight days old, exactly as God commanded. This act marks a covenant obedience made tangible in the body.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the eye of faith, Genesis 21:4 reveals not a ritual but a state of consciousness. Abraham’s act of circumcision is the outer sign of an inner decision: to cut away the old sense of separation and to acknowledge the I AM as the only power within. God’s command becomes an inner imperative, a whisper that guides you to revise the self you carry. The eight days signal a birth of a new self-aware identity—the child Isaac represents a covenant present now, not a memory. When you treat obedience as mental alignment rather than outward duty, you release fear of unworthiness and inhabit the true state: I and the Father are one; His commands are your inner directions. The body then becomes the visible confirmation of your inner conviction, and faith moves from belief to living reality.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling: I AM the I AM; I obey the inner command and the covenant is already sealed. Revise a current limitation by imagining it gone and feel the new self as real.
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