Inner Wakefulness and Divine Work
Isaiah 5:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verses call out those who chase early drink and all-night revelry while ignoring the LORD's work. They urge awareness that God's work is within, not in outward pleasures.
Neville's Inner Vision
To Isaiah, the woe is not a future decree but a lucent reminder that the mind can be so entangled with pleasures that it forgets the living work of God already happening in consciousness. Rise early to drink, to harp and feast, to chase the outward lights—these are not sins so much as a doorway into a state of forgetfulness. In Neville’s terms, the people are states of consciousness, and their 'work' is the attention they give to the images they hold. The work of the LORD is the ongoing construction of life in the I AM, the divine act taking shape in awareness. When you are fixated on pleasure, you deny the hands that form your world—your own inner faculties. The moment you revise, you are not denying reality but shape-shifting it. See the inner work as the creator of your scene. The kingdom of God is within, and its operation is your imagination when it is consciously directed toward the I AM. Woe becomes welcome instruction: return to inward sight, assume the truth of divine workmanship, and let the LORD's work unfold as your present experience.
Practice This Now
Assume the statement, 'I am the I AM, and the LORD's work is being done within me now.' Then, feel that work in your chest as a steady heat of awareness, and let your day align with that inner activity.
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