Drawn By Love, Nourished By Grace

Hosea 11:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Hosea 11 in context

Scripture Focus

4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea 11:4

Biblical Context

Hosea 11:4 speaks of God drawing Israel with cords of loving kindness and feeding them, signaling a merciful guidance that sustains. It suggests that divine constraint is tender nurture, inviting loyalty through care rather than force.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the inner plane, Hosea 11:4 is not a history lesson but a map of your current state of consciousness. The cords of a man are the affections by which you bind yourself to a greater awareness—the I AM that uses love as both constraint and invitation. When you imagine God drawing you with bands of love, the constraint becomes not a jail but a tender boundary that turns your attention away from restless outer pursuits toward inner stillness. The 'yoke on their jaws' points to surrendering outward impulse to a higher sustenance; you are reminded that true nourishment comes from the one life within you, not from circumstance. The phrase 'I laid meat unto them' signals your inner provision—images, inspirations, and confidence that satisfy the soul’s hunger. Covenant loyalty here is gentleness and constancy of awareness: you move at the rhythm of your inner I AM, and you are fed by this divine presence. Practice: enter a quiet state, assume you are being drawn by cords of love into fullness, and feel the nourishment already given to you by the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and repeat, 'I am drawn by love; I am fed by grace.' Immediately revise any lack or resistance as old yokes drop away, then feel-it-real by imagining a warm flow of nourishment entering your being.

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