Inner Victory Through Light and Trumpets
Judges 7:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Judges 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Judges 7:20, Gideon's small force uses trumpets, broken jars, and lamps to reveal a divine victory, crying, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Neville's Inner Vision
Judges 7:20 is a dream of consciousness. The three companies are aspects of your mind—will, imagination, and perception—each blowing a trumpet of conviction, each shattering the false forms (the pitchers) that bind you. When the light pours out from the broken vessels, you are not witnessing a battlefield but a mind made luminous. The lamps in the left hand are the internal lights of awareness you keep bright; the trumpets in the right are the affirmative statements you utter from the I AM. The shout, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon, is not a war cry to a distant God but a declaration that divine power and your faithful self are one. Gideon stands for your disciplined consciousness, willing to trust that God is the inside truth you live by. The victory is present here and now because you align your inner state with the one Presence. The night of limitation dissolves not by force of circumstance but by the consciousness that the LORD's sword is your own awareness breathing truth into form. Practice this inner symmetry and you will see the outer sign follow.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine your three inner faculties as trumpets sounding truth, jars breaking to release light, and a steadfast lamp held high in awareness. Declare, 'The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon,' and feel the victory already accomplished in your life.
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