Emmanuel Within: Inner God With Us
Matthew 1:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse prophesies a birth named Emmanuel, meaning 'God with us.' It marks the presence of God entering human life in human form.
Neville's Inner Vision
Emmanuel is not a distant event but a state of consciousness you awaken. The virgin represents a pure, receptive mind—untroubled by old images—opened to conceive a living idea. When you declare 'God with us,' you are naming the inner fact that the I AM, the God within, is already present in every moment. The 'child' is a new assumption, a spiritual birth you feel as a steady, living presence. Prophecy becomes your memory of a state that already exists; fulfillment is your act of assuming that state until it becomes your experience. You do not seek for God outside; you cultivate the inner scene where God and you are one. Each inward image acts as the mother of form, and the life you call forth follows your belief in the I AM. The more real you feel the sense of partnership—God as the inner self, you as the living vessel—the quicker the world around you rearranges to reflect that recognition. Embrace the quiet assurance that you are Emmanuel here now.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and softly repeat 'I AM with God now' while imagining a gentle light within your chest, the light growing as you release old separation. Then revise any sense of distance by affirming, 'The I AM in me and the I AM above me are one.'
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