Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 2:18-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 2 in context

Scripture Focus

18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:18-20

Biblical Context

Idols and their makers are warned they profit nothing; images are lifeless without breath. The Lord is in his holy temple, and all the earth should keep silence before him.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you call a statue, painting, or external sign of power is only the outer costume of a belief you still entertain about yourself. The verse says these images are a teacher of lies because they instruct you to trust what you can see and touch, not the I Am within. Yet the truth stands clear: the Lord is in his holy temple—the living awareness that you are, here and now. When you fix your attention on an idol, you are rehearsing a state of consciousness that believes you are dependent, limited, or ruled by form. In the quiet temple of your mind, the breath of God is always present; no image can open that temple except your consent to turn within and listen to the I AM speaking as you. The call to silence is not a withdrawal from life but a turning away from counterfeit power to the real source of power inside you. Practice of the present moment—assume you are the I AM, revise the belief that images govern you, and feel that life breathing through your own awareness—will dissolve the idol and reveal the temple's true light.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in stillness, declare I AM, and revise the belief that an image controls you. Feel the breath of awareness filling the temple and dissolving the idol's grip.