Inner Tongue of the Learned
Isaiah 50:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes a speaker who has the tongue of the learned and an opened ear. Its meaning for us is the inner discipline of listening and speaking in season to ease the weary.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the I AM that I am, the Lord GOD is the breath of awareness waking me morning by morning to hear as the learned. The tongue given to me is not a shout from without but a precise inner word born of consciousness, ready to comfort the weary mind. When I claim I have awakened to speak in season, I am not conjuring a future sermon; I am affirming a present state in which I hear the pattern of truth and speak it as needed. If the world presses in with noise, I remember that my ear is opened by recognizing my own authority as the I AM. To be not rebellious is to yield to inner instruction rather than fear—aligning actions with the inner voice that knows what is best for now. I practice daily listening, then speak from the settled confidence that I am the learned speaker for the moment, and watch how my words heal first my own mind.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am opened to hear the inner guidance; I am the tongue of the learned.' Then imagine speaking one seasonable word to someone weary, and feel it real in your chest.
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