Inner Hierarchy of Service
John 13:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
John 13:16 teaches that a servant is not above his master, and the one sent is not above the sender; real worth comes from inner alignment with the order of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the Neville lens, the verse is not about social rank but about states of consciousness. You, the reader, are both the sender and the servant in the theater of your mind; the 'lord' is your higher self—the commanding awareness you call I AM—and the 'sent' is the function or idea you bring into expression. When you feel that the servant is greater than the master, you are identifying with lack, limitation, and fear; you project authority outward and remain small inside. The moment you accept that the servant is not greater than the lord, you re-title your inner relationship: the sender and the sent are one, and all authority flows from the I AM. Your mission arises as a natural outgrowth of your inner alignment, not from striving to surpass others. In practice, you must realize that any external appointment or testing is simply a scene where inner states are attempting to sustain a reality; keep your attention on the I AM, imagine the fulfillment of the inner directive, and let that conviction saturate every action.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, step into the feeling that you are the sender, and let the servant be the expression of your inner directive. Assume the I AM height and feel it as already accomplished, then let the action that follows arise from that certainty.
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