Resting in the I Am
Hebrews 3:9-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hebrews 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage recounts how the forefathers tested God, witnessed his works, and erred in heart, leading to a decree that they would not enter God's rest. It points to rest as inner alignment with God rather than external territory.
Neville's Inner Vision
Notice that the story does not speak of distant lands but of the state of consciousness in which you believe you are separate from the divine rest. When the people refused and wandered, God’s grief and decree arise not against external enemies but against a mind unfaithful to its own I AM. The rest promised is not a geographic place but the intimate alignment of awareness with itself, the silent, knowing presence that is always here. To enter that rest you must stop listening to the chorus of fear that says, This is not enough, that you are lacking. Instead, assume that you already dwell in the rest you seek; see every hour as a chance to prove nothing but your own unwavering awareness. The old belief that events prove or disprove your worth is the very thing that keeps you outside rest. In this moment, choose to know the ways of God as your habitual patterns of thought—calm, attentive, faithful—and you will enter your rest now, here, in the I AM.
Practice This Now
Assume you are already resting in God now. Revise a current anxious scene by affirming I AM present and feeling the rest as your immediate awareness.
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