Inner Mountain, Iron Chariots
Joshua 17:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse promises that the mountain can be possessed by removing the woods and expelling the steadfast foes. It speaks of overcoming strong, iron-like resistance through covenant loyalty and faith.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your inner text reads: the mountain is your present state of consciousness, the wood a forest of inner resources. You cut it down not with axes in the world, but by refusing limitation and re-imagining your mind. The outgoings are yours—every impulse and direction—when you stand in the covenant loyalty of the I AM. The Canaanites with iron chariots are stubborn habits and fear-images that would resist your desire; yet to the one who believes, the iron is but a symbol. Drive them out by obedience to the decree of your own being, by faith, and by feeling it real. When you persist in the assumed state, the outer world follows suit, because imagination creates reality. This is not conquest of others, but of consciousness; you are sovereign here and now, within the temple of God—the I AM.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and declare, 'I am the I AM.' Then imagine stepping onto the mountain, cutting down the wood of limitation, and watching the iron chariots dissolve as you feel it real now.
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