Feigned Flight, Inner Victory

Joshua 8:15-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Joshua 8 in context

Scripture Focus

15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Joshua 8:15-16

Biblical Context

Israel feigns defeat and retreats to lure Ai away from the city; the outer scene mirrors an inner strategic move.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joshua shows us that a seeming retreat can serve a higher move within consciousness. When Israel pretends they are beaten, they cast an outward appearance that frees the inner plan from resistance. In your life, the appearance of loss or defeat is not the last word, but a sign you are at the edge of a wiser move. The I AM within you is the strategist; it uses the moment of apparent surrender to draw away the attention of limitation and open a fresh path. Do not resist the feeling of adversity in a harsh way; instead, assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled and let the inner dynamics shift the pursued from the city of lack to the wilderness where you can turn and strike. Providence is not controlling you from without but moving within your own consciousness through imagination. The outer event—the pursuit—becomes the instrument by which your inner truth rearranges circumstance. Practice: tell yourself, in the present sense, that you already know the solution and that the unseen I AM is guiding your every move toward victory.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In the next moment, close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM and I now know the next move.' Feel the confidence and allow the inner wisdom to guide your steps toward victory.

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