Inner Sanctuary of Isaiah

Isaiah 8:11-15 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Isaiah 8:11-15

Biblical Context

The Lord instructs not to follow the crowd or fear what they fear, but to sanctify the Lord as your awe. Those who align with this inward posture find safety; others stumble on old, external patterns.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the I AM perspective, this oracle speaks not to a nation, but to your inner life. Do not be driven by the confederacy of outward voices—the crowd’s fear, their schemes, the habitual alliances of worry. Instead, sanctify the LORD of hosts in your consciousness; let Him be your fear and your dread, not the opinions of others. When you place the divine at the center, the world’s threats lose their sting and your mind finds a sanctuary in which you reside. The stone of stumbling and the rock of offense become the stubborn habit of separation—your old self clinging to external measures. You may stumble if you cling to those measures, but the true you, the I AM, is guarded by the sanctuary of awareness. Thus, imagination becomes your instrument: by reigning in attention and reverently attending to the Lord within, you create a reality that is immune to the false confederacies of fear.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the feeling that you are sanctified by the Lord within; revise every fear as a misperception of the world. Feel it real by sitting quietly, repeating The Lord of hosts is my sanctuary until that awareness settles into your body.

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