Living Praise and Inner Truth

Isaiah 38:18-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Isaiah 38:18-19

Biblical Context

The verse contrasts death's silence with the living's praise. It shows that truth is owned by the living and is handed down to the next generation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the I AM that I am, this passage unveils a living worship that cannot be sung from a tomb. Death speaks only to the belief in endings; the living, however, are those who imagine and declare the truth as already fulfilled. When I name myself the one who praises now, I align with the truth that consciousness creates form. The 'grave' is not a place but a state of mind that says, 'I am separate from God’s truth.' The verse invites us to shift to a state where praise is continuous, where the father within—our abiding, nurturing sense of self—breathes truth to the childlike future self. In this sense, the father’s teaching is not external doctrine but the inner act of conditioning the next moment with the certainty of thy truth. By choosing to live as the living one who proclaims God’s goodness today, I ensure the truth is not lost to a pit, but passed forward as a living inheritance. Remember: you do not go to the tomb; you awaken to a state that does the praising now and forever.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in a comfortable place, close your eyes, and declare 'I am the living praise that knows truth now.' Then revise any sense of death or silence as a belief in endings, and imagine gently passing this truth to your future self or child within.

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