Inner Trust Over Outer Power

Isaiah 36:8-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

8Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Isaiah 36:8-10

Biblical Context

Two messengers offer allegiance and earthly security through bribes, while the LORD asserts a higher command. The text invites you to discern whether you place trust in outward powers or in the I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah’s scene is not a history lesson but a map of consciousness. The king’s bribe of two thousand horses and the trust in Egypt are your chase after outward security, a moment when the senses promise safety by appeasing themselves. Neville would say: the LORD in the text is the I AM within you—your immutable awareness—and the command, Go up against this land, is a call to rise to a higher state, where you are guided from within rather than persuaded by external appearances. When you hear the lure of Egypt, you are being asked to choose: do I trust the outer apparatus or the inner decree? If you choose the latter, you destroy the old land of limitation by imagining and inhabiting a new state of abundance, led and provided for by the I AM. Imagination becomes the real chariot; your present conditions yield to your inner conviction. The question 'Am I come up without the LORD?' becomes the invitation: will you live from the I AM or wait for guarantees from the senses? The answer is your practice: assume the state of complete inner security now, and feel it real until it becomes fact.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and affirm, 'I am led by the I AM; I need nothing from outside.' Then, feel the inner supply as tangible reality, letting it displace fear and the urge to seek Egypt.

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