Inner Wakefulness and Divine Work

Isaiah 5:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 5 in context

Scripture Focus

11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 5:11-12

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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