Inner Fire Against False Worship
Jeremiah 7:31 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah 7:31 describes a people who built high places to burn their children, a stark image of worship turned to violence. It marks a turning point where inner loyalties reveal themselves as obedience or treachery.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the I AM within, this Jeremiah passage reveals the moment a people chooses a scene of worship that ends in destruction because it is born of fear and domination. The high places and the fire are not distant rites but inner dispositions: images you have entertained until they have become your authority. God says it did not come into my heart, reminding you that true power rests in your own consciousness, not in ritual. If your mind lingers on sacrifices of love to control others or yourself, recognize you are burning the 'children' of your better self—compassion, joy, and freedom. The cure is simple: return to the I AM, the living present awareness, and let your imagining align with true worship. Dismiss the old image as outdated and imagine a new scene in which life is nurtured, not sacrificed, and the heart is led by love, not fear. In that shift, the inner city becomes a sanctuary, and obedience dissolves into alignment with divine fullness.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume I AM governs my mind now; revise the scene by affirming I AM the ruler of my thoughts and feel that inner peace as already real.
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