Inner Fire Of Your Word
Jeremiah 5:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah 5:14 says that when you utter this word, your words become fire in your mouth and burn away the outer forms that stand like wood.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your words are not tools for bargaining with others; they are the flame by which you transmute your inner state. In Neville's language, the 'word' you speak is the state you assume in consciousness. When God says He will make my words in thy mouth fire, He is describing the moment your inner conviction takes on the heat of reality. The 'fire' burns away the 'wood' of habitual resistance—the worries, identities, and external conditions that appear solid. The verse is about your own creative act: you plant a state in imagination, and that state asserts itself as reality, destroying the old forms that cannot survive in the light of your new living belief. The 'this people' represents the outer appearances or self-images clinging to the old order; but fire consumes wood, so the outer world must yield to the vitality of the inward word. Therefore, you are called to practice not begging but becoming—the I AM within you breathing fire into your speech, until the world reflects your newfound certainty.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit still, assume the state that your word is true now, and revise any contrary thought. Speak the line in imagination with fiery confidence and feel the outer conditions rearranging to reflect your inner state.
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