Inner Visit Through Chastening
Isaiah 26:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 26 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In times of trouble, people visit the Lord with a prayer, especially when chastening is upon them; the verse shows prayer arising from inner discipline.
Neville's Inner Vision
When trouble comes, the LORD is not away; the LORD is the I AM within you, awakening as awareness. The words mean that in chastening you turn your full attention inward to the I AM, and your petition flows from the living, dreaming mind you possess. You do not beg a distant God; you align with the Presence that already knows your needs. Chastening acts as a catalyst that stirs imagination and resolves fear into trust. By treating the sense of disturbance as a summons, you revise your state by imagining the desired mercy as already granted. The difficulty becomes the door through which you invite your inner life to respond with clarity, compassion, and strength. The act of visitation is the shift of state—consciousness visiting itself and declaring, I AM here, I am safe, I am held by mercy. Persist in this feeling, and you awaken to the fulfilled reality that creation follows belief, not the other way around.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, declare I AM, and imagine the inner room of your mind being visited by the Presence you are; then feel the relief of mercy as if it is already yours.
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