Oven Of The I Am Within
Hosea 7:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hosea 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Hosea 7:6-7 portrays a people whose inner life is heated and self-willed. They neglect to call on the divine I AM and substitute external judges and kings for true inner authority.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your verse speaks in the language of states. 'They have made ready their heart like an oven' is the inner furnace of desire, fear, and grievance, heated with waiting and pride that refuses to acknowledge the I AM within. The 'baker sleepeth' signifies the night of habit, while morning's 'flaming fire' is the relentless projection of a created reality. 'They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen' points to the collapse of outer authority when you identify with a personality that does not call upon the Source. There is none that calleth unto me—until you personally turn your attention inward and address the I AM in you, you will suffer the illusion of power without. In truth, the outer is a mirror of your inner state; when you revise that state and affirm, 'I am the I AM, and my awareness now governs all appearances,' a new order begins. The passage invites obedience to true worship: alignment with inner consciousness rather than chasing external control.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, revise the scene by declaring, 'I am the I AM; I now govern all appearances within me.' Feel the inner furnace cool to stillness and notice circumstances shifting to reflect that inner alignment.
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