Confronting Covetousness From Within
Isaiah 57:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 57 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
God declares He will not contend forever or stay angry; the Spirit and the souls He created should not be exhausted by wrath. Covetousness provokes His wrath, and when one clings to wealth, one goes forward in the way of the heart.
Neville's Inner Vision
Read as a law of consciousness, Isaiah 57:16-17 speaks to your inner state. The I AM within will not contend with a stubborn state forever, nor remain angry, for such endless friction would exhaust the Spirit you are. When you turn to covetousness—the habit of seeking security in external things—God’s inner impulse to bless withdraws and wrath arises as a correction. Note that the 'souls which I have made' are your created selves, the patterns of thought and feeling you identify with. If you persist in the way of your heart, clinging to material idols, you push yourself into a froward, resistant posture, and the inner life seems to harden. Yet this is not punishment from a separate judge, but the natural consequence of resisting your own I AM. The remedy is inner alignment: identify with the consciousness that already possesses abundance and let that presence do the healing. When you revise the state, the outer scene follows, and covetousness loses its grip.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and affirm, 'I AM,' the sole reality of my life; feel the inner abundance already present, release the grip of covetousness, and imagine the heart walking a straight, free path.
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