Awakening Joseph Within
Matthew 1:24-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Joseph wakes from sleep, follows the angel's command, marries Mary, and Jesus is born; he refrains from intimate relations until the birth.
Neville's Inner Vision
Joseph’s dream-turned-action is not a history lesson but a map of consciousness. The angel is the I AM speaking within you, the inner decree that aligns your outer world with your true nature. When Joseph rises and takes Mary, he embodies a state of awareness that has chosen to obey the inner command rather than the surface impulse. The ‘knew her not till she had brought forth’ describes a mind disciplined enough to refrain from acting until the divine order appears; the name Jesus is the fruit of this ordered state, the realization that the savior you seek is already within your own consciousness. In your life, these verses invite you to wake from a sleep of limitation, listen for the inner visitation, and act from the assurance that your assumed relationship with the inner voice births the visible world you call reality. Imagination creates reality; imagine the inner covenant is already kept, and the world will reflect that unity.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, rise from the sleep of limitation, and assume you are guided by your inner voice. Revise a current situation by affirming you already obey that voice and feel the certainty of its guidance.
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