Inner High Places Destroyed
Hosea 10:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hosea 10 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse declares the destruction of the high places of Aven and the altars; it portrays a call to remove idol worship and seek true devotion. The scene ends with a call to the mountains for cover, signaling the oppressive pull of outer appearances.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Hosea, the high places (Aven) are not geographic but mental positions—beliefs that you are separate from God, that advantage and worship come from idols. When you cling to such thoughts, your inner altar becomes overrun with thorn and thistle—the symptoms of unaddressed ego, fear, and habit. The cry to the mountains and hills is the soul pleading for external relief, a surrender to appearances. But the vision invites a reversal: destroy these altars in consciousness by turning attention to the I AM, the one sovereign presence within you. As you acknowledge the I AM as your sole reality, the old structures crumble; the thorny growth withers, and the false worship dissolves into quiet reverence. Judgment here is not punishment but a clearing of belief until only the living I AM remains. In that inward stillness, you discover holiness and separation from all claimed lords outside of you.
Practice This Now
Assume the old high places are dissolved in your mind and revise your sense of self to the I AM as the only reality. Feel it real by silently affirming I AM until your inner weather shifts.
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