Inner Command to Courage
Joshua 1:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Rebelling against the command and not listening to it brings judgment, even death. Yet the text ends with a clear call to stand strong and be of good courage.
Neville's Inner Vision
Joshua 1:18 is your inner map. The rebel is the resistance of mind when you refuse the inner command; the death is the old self dissolving. When you heed the inner word—your I AM speaking as you—you step into a state of power. Obedience is not to a rickety external code but to the inner decree that orders your thoughts, feelings, and actions toward wholeness. To be strong and of good courage is to identify with the I AM that governs your experience, to stand as the inner king who fears nothing. The commandment you hear becomes your true law; listen, and your life aligns with it. The consequence of rebellion fades as you accept the decree, and a new self—bold, confident, unwavering—arises. Courage is a state of consciousness you occupy by assumption; rehearse the imagined reality until it feels real, and doubt dissolves. The I AM never wavers, and when you dwell there, you are that strength now.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, claim 'I am strong and courageous' as already true, and feel the inner decree guiding your next steps. Then act from that feeling, trusting your inner command.
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