Inner Covenant and Discernment
Joshua 9:7-8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joshua 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Israel questions the Hivites about their presence and the potential league; the visitors claim service, prompting Joshua to ask their identity and origin.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within Neville's lens, the scene reveals the Hivites as a belief that would ally with Israel only if it remains self-serving. Joshua represents the I AM seeking the origin of every impulse, testing whether a thought comes from truth or from a counterfeit need. Your inner life offers similar tests: a desire disguised as friendship, a covenant that promises ease, a test of loyalty that must be proven by origin. Recognize that every potential alliance in your mind is a state of consciousness and that true loyalty flows from the I AM, not from appearances. When you face such a test, do not condemn but inquire into where the belief comes from and whether it aligns with the immutable you are. By choosing alignment with truth in present awareness, you revise the perception until the true covenant reveals itself as your dominant reality.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, declare I AM, and revise any belief that pretends to ally but does not originate in truth; feel the alignment with the I AM.
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