Inner Conquest of Joshua
Joshua 17:12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants, so the land remained occupied by the Canaanites.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's psychology, the 'land' is your state of awareness and the 'inhabitants' are stubborn beliefs. The verse reveals a tale of inner resistance: a consciousness that cannot eject old patterns leaves room for fear and limitation. Yet the I AM—the awareness you are—waits for you to rule. Rather than blaming external circumstances, you revise your inner scene: acknowledge the old beliefs, then decide they have no power in the new land you occupy. When you persist in the assumption of the fulfilled desire—feeling it as real, now—the land becomes yours. The 'Canaanites' are not enemies you must battle but memories you outgrow by agreed, settled consciousness. Covenant loyalty is keeping faith with your true self, not with the lingering forms of lack. Exile gives way to return when you realize the kingdom is within and ready to be claimed at this moment.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes; assume the end you desire as already true. Revise the scene: you enter the cities and find them empty of the old fears. See yourself ruling the land with I AM as your sovereignty; feel the spacious calm as the new reality.
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