Inner Anointing, Inner Year
Luke 4:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Luke 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes Jesus opening the scroll and declaring the Spirit is upon him to preach good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to captives, recover sight for the blind, and announce the year of the Lord.
Neville's Inner Vision
Inside Luke 4:18-19 the Spirit upon me is not a distant event, but a present claim on your consciousness. The 'poor' are your felt lacks; the 'brokenhearted' are the constrictions of fear and memory; the 'captives' are the habitual thoughts that bind you; the 'blind' are the beliefs that refuse to see your true nature; and the bruised are the wounds of past emotions. When you hear the Spirit is upon you, you hear your own I AM awaken to act. The gospel is a declaration to your inner self that you are more than circumstance; deliverance and sight are realized by revision: you choose a new inner state, you call it forth, and you believe it now. The 'acceptable year of the Lord' is the continuous reign of divine reality within your mind, an ever-present opportunity to perceive differently. Therefore, the reading is not about history but your current capacity to assert inner sovereignty. The practice is to assume the role of the speaker who is anointed, reaffirm your identity as the one who heals, releases, and sees through illusion, and live from that certainty in the present moment.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, place a hand on your chest, and repeat, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; I am anointed to heal, liberate, and see clearly.' Then dwell in the felt sense of that inner authority for a few minutes.
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