Inner Planting, Outer Harvest

Isaiah 17:10-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 17 in context

Scripture Focus

10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
11In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Isaiah 17:10-11

Biblical Context

The verse warns that neglecting the God of salvation and the rock of strength leads you to rely on outward, pleasing rituals that yield sorrow instead of lasting fruit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Isaiah as your inner weather report. The God of thy salvation is the I AM that you awaken to within; forgetting Him is the moment you yield to surface rites and forget the rock of your inner strength. When you plant pleasant things with slips of form, you sow in soil imagined, not felt. In your inner day you may see outward growth, yet the harvest you reap will be grief because the root never touched the life that animates it. Resolve to return your attention to living awareness, to I AM, to the rock of strength that never diminishes. Align every practice with that consciousness, and the garden grows true—no counterfeit slips, no upheaval at need. The kingdom is within, and when you dwell there, your outward experience reflects that inward reality; the harvest becomes a fountain of calm rather than a heap of sorrow.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state 'I AM the God of my salvation; I am mindful of the rock of my strength.' In the next moment, revise outward rituals by silently declaring this truth, feeling the inner certainty as real in your chest.

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