From Idols to Inner Worship
Isaiah 17:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 17:8 calls one to stop looking to external altars and man-made images, and to seek true worship that arises from within.
Neville's Inner Vision
On the spiritual plane, Isaiah 17:8 is not a command to abandon temples, but a reminder that all temples exist first in mind. The man who looks to the altars, the work of hands, and the images reveals a state of consciousness that believes life and the Sacred are outside him. When he awakens, he stops scanning the external symbols and learns that the I AM, the One Awareness within, alone manifests. Idols, groves, and images vanish not by denial but by the inward revision of belief. The old worship depended on outer forms; the new worship rests in the realization that nothing in the world can add to the I AM or subtract from it. Your world changes when you entertain a state of consciousness in which you already possess what you seek. The outer can only echo your inner decree; the altar you finally adore is the temple you carry within. Choose to stand as the I AM, and the external forms will align with that truth.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, I am the I AM; I do not seek God in externals. Then imagine your inner temple filling with light until every outer image fades to background.
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