Ambushes of Inner Vision
Joshua 8:14-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage depicts Israel feigning defeat to draw Ai into pursuit, leaving the city open; the ambush succeeds because the mind moves beyond apparent appearances.
Neville's Inner Vision
Before you, the scene is a mind-in-action, not a battlefield. The king of Ai represents a stubborn belief; his haste shows how trouble runs ahead when you identify with it. Israel’s feint—appearing beaten and fleeing into the wilderness—is the act of a consciousness that will not be governed by the apparent present but moves into the unseen to expose it. The pursuers leaving the city open are your thoughts chasing symptoms, not the truth of your being. The ambush behind the city becomes the still, quiet conviction of I AM, the awareness that remains when outer appearances seem strong. Joshua is your higher state of awareness directing the mind to draw out the belief and reveal its emptiness. The victory comes when you no longer seek to overcome an external foe, but revise the inner state until the outer scene matches your inner truth. Practice with me: imagine the apparent defeat as a lure that brings you into the wilderness of imagination where you affirm, I AM, and know that the inner strategy has already secured my success.
Practice This Now
Assume the feeling of already being victorious and revise the inner scene until the pursuers are revealed as mere appearances. Feel it real.
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