Inner Sanctuary of Isaiah 16:11-12
Isaiah 16:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 16:11–12 depicts a deep inner unrest voiced as external ritual: the heart laments, climbs to the high place, and goes to its sanctuary to pray, but the petition does not prevail.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this scene, the bowels sounding like a harp and the inward parts stirred by Kirharesh reveal a soul moved by longing, not by conquest. The high place stands for outer exaltation, the search for relief in places, titles, or forms beyond awareness. When the weary traveler looks up and then turns to a sanctuary to pray, the text declares the old arrangement cannot prevail—meaning the change must come from within, not from more ritual. The key is to realize that God, the I AM, is not found on the mountaintop of tradition but in the living consciousness that dwells here and now. If you assume a new state—call it wholeness, sufficiency, or the feeling of the wish already fulfilled—the outer condition follows your inner act. Your prayers are not denied; they are answered by your revision of belief. The sentence not prevail becomes your invitation to realign. You can reverse the judgment by inhabiting the inner sanctuary and declaring, with unwavering certainty, that you are the I AM, and that the desired outcome is already real inside you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the feeling that I AM is the sustaining presence now; sit in stillness and imagine the outcome as already real, then carry that certainty into the day.
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