Ashes Under Foot, Inner Law
Malachi 4:3-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Malachi 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Malachi 4:3-4 presents a vision of judgment in which the wicked become ashes under the feet, and then calls Israel to remember the Law given to Moses with its statutes and judgments. The message foregrounds covenant loyalty and obedience as the inner law by which you live.
Neville's Inner Vision
Observe that the 'wicked' marked for treading are not distant people but the old self—habits, doubts, and imaginations you have permitted to seem real. The line 'they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet' is not punishment meted by a distant God, but the natural result of your renewed awareness. When you awaken to the inner law—the law Moses delivered, now remembered in your own mind—your certainty dissolves the resistance that once seemed to govern you. The 'day I shall do this' is the moment you acknowledge that God is not external but the I AM within you; by living from that awareness, you place your foot upon every claim of lack and watch it melt to ashes as proof of your choice. The commandments become not a ledger of rules but the alignment of your feeling with the truth of your own consciousness. In this way, judgment becomes accountability to your inner state, and covenant loyalty is obedience to the law within you, not to a letter outside.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine treading on the old self until it turns to ashes under your foot, while you affirm, I am the law within me; I remember the law.
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