Neville Goddard on Hosea 7:14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 7 in context

Scripture Focus

14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Hosea 7:14

Biblical Context

The verse says they did not cry unto God with their heart; they assembled for corn and wine and rebelled against Him, revealing hollow worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how Hosea names a condition of the soul: outward howling while the heart remains unseen. The truth is, God is not out there to be placated by ritual; God is the I AM, the awareness you are. When you cry without the heart, you seal off the life that would move through you. The illusion of hunger for corn and wine stands for a deeper hunger for experience itself, a belief that you must perform to be provisioned. To heal, you must assume the state of inner communion right now. Turn your attention to the feeling of being cherished by the I AM, and imagine that your inner devotion precedes any outward act. As you revise this belief, your outer circumstances will follow the inner alignment; the so-called rebellion dissolves into surrender, and true worship emerges as constant awareness. Wealth is not a reward but an expression of your settled consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, declare, 'I am held by the I AM,' and feel the inner provision steady you. Revise the belief that you must cry with your bed or perform for corn and wine; let the heart lead the worship from within.