Dream-Wise Divine Direction
Matthew 2:12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Matthew 2:12 shows that divine guidance arrives as a dream warning, steering outward action away from danger. It suggests that places and paths in life reflect our inner dispositions, and obedience to inner direction alters the course.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the Neville view, the dream is not a memory but a sign from the I AM within—your inner state becoming aware of what to do next. The wise travelers do not chase Herod’s plan; they heed the inner nudge that their true safety lies in a different movement. The word of God, spoken in dream, is your present awareness waking to a safer course. Providence appears not as external fate but as alignment of your consciousness with higher intention. When you accept that God speaks as your own alive I AM, you discover that fear drops away and a new route unfolds in response to your refined belief. The shift from one plan to another is really a revision in imagination; you imagine yourself already in safety, and the world rearranges to fit that image. The dream is the moment consciousness chooses faith over fear, and the outward path follows from that inner choice.
Practice This Now
Sit in quiet and imagine you have received a divine warning guiding you away from a harm-laden plan; revise your current course accordingly and feel the certainty as if the new path is already chosen.
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