The Inner Rain of Providence

Joel 2:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Joel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Joel 2:23

Biblical Context

Joel 2:23 invites gladness and trust, recognizing cycles of spiritual nourishment: the past sustenance and a forthcoming rain, beginning a renewed season within the mind and heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

Be glad, for the coin of your life has turned toward a hidden harvest. In this context, the rain is not weather over there, but the continuous outpouring of your I AM upon your thoughts and feelings. The former rain moderately given is the gentle recollection of inspiration you have already awakened in your heart; the latter rain coming down in the first month is the intensified revelation that follows a steadfast faith in your own divine nature. When you live this, you do not beg for grace; you commission it by your assumption that you are already the awakened state. Your inner Zion—your awake awareness—rejoices because it recognizes Providence as your own consciousness guiding you with tenderness and precision. Joy and praise flow as natural byproducts of the conviction that all rain, all nourishment, is the movement of God within you. The verse invites a rerouting of attention toward the present I AM, where the cycles of renewal are always available, always personal, and always now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you are now entering the cycle of rain; feel the inner nourishment renewing your thoughts as you affirm 'I AM' as your awareness.

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