Inner Gates Lament and Renewal
Isaiah 3:26 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Isaiah 3:26 pictures the gates lamenting as desolation sits on the ground, signaling a city—and by extension the soul—in a fallen, halted state. It invites conscience-ward attention to an inner rejection and the possibility of renewal.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your gates in Isaiah are not brick and iron; they are the doors of your own awareness. When they lament, the inner movement shows you are entertaining the memory of lack as if it were real. Desolation upon the ground is the sense that your consciousness has settled into a flat, unresponsive state. Remember: God—the I AM within you—is not a city but the steadiness of awareness that witnesses every scene. The lament is a signal to revise, not to condemn. Imagination is the tool by which you replace limitation with possibility. In this moment, claim a new state—open, abundant, and alive—and feel it as real in your chest, not as a distant hope. If you walk through the gates in that mood, you will discover the desolate ground giving way to a fresh sowing of life; the gates will no longer mourn but invite you forward. By consenting to this inner change, you rebuild the inner city and, in time, its outer view follows suit.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, revise the scene by affirming, 'I AM the gate of my awareness—open and alive.' Feel that new state in your chest and walk through the gates into renewal.
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