Inner Balm for Jeremiah 8:19-22

Jeremiah 8:19-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Jeremiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 8:19-22

Biblical Context

Jeremiah voices a lament for spiritual distress and questions whether God is present among His people. He vents hurt and longs for restoration, lamenting healing as if it is lost.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your cry, daughter of my people, is not a complaint about distant lands but a whisper from your own consciousness when it forgets its source. The verses ask, Is the LORD in Zion? Is not her king within her? These questions mirror the ego’s habit of seeking security in images and vanities, promising healing only in future rounds of effort. The harvest has passed and the summer is ended because you have identified with outer conditions and time rather than the timeless I AM that you are. God’s hurt is your own self-concern, a mirror of your own thought-shocks about separation. But balm in Gilead, and the physician there, are within you as awareness. When you stop projecting health to some external agent and instead inhabit the inner physician—your own consciousness—you discover that health returns not by waiting but by realizing you are the source of healing. The astonishment you feel is the opening of a new state. Repeat this: I am health; I am salvation; I am the healer within, and the daughter’s health recovers as I dwell in I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In stillness, assume the feeling of wellness now and declare, 'I am health; I am the balm within.' Picture the inner physician attending to you, restoring vitality from the I AM.

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