Staying in the Inner Land

Jeremiah 42:10-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Jeremiah 42 in context

Scripture Focus

10If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
11Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
12And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
14Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Jeremiah 42:10-14

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 42:10-14 presents a choice: stay in the land with God’s promise of building and mercy, or depart for Egypt to escape fear, risking disconnection from divine presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the land you stand in as your present state of consciousness, and the I AM within you as God. The call to stay is a call to trust that I AM builds and plants you, while the fear of Babylon dissolves when you acknowledge I AM is with you to save and deliver. The mercy promised is the revival of your sense of home, a return to your inner land. To say 'we will go to Egypt' is to abandon the living idea of care from the inner presence and chase a dream of external security. The real choice is inner: remain in the consciousness that you are held, or escape into a story of safety. The moment you revise the fear and choose to dwell, you are re-planted in your true land and the conditions of your life begin to reflect that steadiness. This is the spiritual economy: alignment with I AM yields protection, mercy, and return; disalignment yields wandering. Thus the invitation remains: dwell in this land and know you are already home.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, declare, 'I will dwell in this land, the I AM within me sustains me,' and feel the presence supporting you; revise fear into trust and imagine mercy guiding you back to your inner land.

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