Quenching the Inner Thirst
John 4:13-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In John 4:13-14, Jesus contrasts ordinary water that quenches temporarily with a living water that remains within. The inner drink renews awareness and becomes a wellspring of everlasting life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider that thirst in this dialogue is a state of consciousness, not a bottle in the desert. The water of common life satisfies momentarily, then leaves you craving again; but the water I give becomes a living well inside, a perpetual source of life. When you entertain the feeling that you are drinking from this well, you are not borrowing from some external supply; you are recognizing your own I AM, the awareness that you are God in expression. The drinking is a mental act: you assume that you already possess this inner life, you revise till it feels real, and you feel the stream of everlasting life springing up within. The old sense of limitation dissolves as new creation takes root: your identity becomes the fountain, not the thirst. Thus salvation is present-tense renewal, a constant presence of God inside you, awakening to the truth that you are the living water. Therefore you never thirst in the way you did before, because you are now the wellbeing that sustains you.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly, breathe deeply, and declare: I am drinking from the living water within me now; I am the well that never runs dry.
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