Storm and Stillness Within

Matthew 8:23-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Matthew 8 in context

Scripture Focus

23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Matthew 8:23-25

Biblical Context

The scene shows the disciples in a perilous sea while Jesus rests; fear arises from external circumstances; the solution lies in turning to the inner presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Where the disciples cry 'Lord, save us,' they utter a familiar prayer born of separation from the truth that you are the I AM, the awareness that undergirds every moment. The ship they ride is their own state of consciousness, and the raging sea is the relentless thoughts that claim to govern it. Jesus sleeping represents the untroubled presence within you that does not wake to fear because it knows itself as truth, not circumstance. When you hear the cry of danger, you are invited to remember that the storm is only a mental movement—an appearance you can still. Your faith is not in external rescue but in the recognition of your own inner God-sense. To claim revival, revise the feeling: there is a calm I AM within which the sea cannot overflow; as you assume that you are that consciousness, the wind and waves obey the conviction that you are always home in God. In time, the scene aligns with your awareness, and what seemed peril yields to rest.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, picture the ship as your mind, and repeat, 'I am the I AM within me, and this presence calms the sea.' Feel the fear dissolve as you rest in that stillness.

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