Inner Expansion of the Mind

Joshua 17:14-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Joshua 17 in context

Scripture Focus

14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 17:14-18

Biblical Context

Joseph's people press for more land. Joshua invites them to expand their inner estate and face the limits within, signaling that the true conquest is the enlargement of consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed spiritually, the passage is not about military conquest but the expansion of your inner estate. The people cry for more because they feel blessed; Joshua’s response is a summons to increase consciousness itself. You are the great people, and the power you seek already resides in your I AM. The wood country, the mountains, and the outgoings of the land symbolize the unseen reach of your mind. If mount Ephraim seems too narrow, go deeper into the subconscious until you find a wider plateau and declare it yours. The iron chariots and the giants are not outside forces but entrenched beliefs within; drive them out by defining a new, more spacious sense of self. This is not mere wishful thinking but a practical act of revision: assume abundance, imagine the field of your life extending, and feel it real now. As you acknowledge a larger inner territory, your feelings rearrange your outward circumstances, and your life begins to align with the bigger vision you have granted yourself.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the expanded inner territory is already yours. Visualize cutting down the forest of limitation and driving out the iron chariots, then affirm, 'I AM the land claimed.'

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