Awakened Shepherds Within Nahum
Nahum 3:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nahum 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Nahum 3:18 speaks of a neglected inner leadership; when the 'shepherds' sleep, your inner kingdom falls into dust and you become scattered. No one gathers the parts of you, signaling a need for inner alignment and unity.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within every man, the shepherds are the governing ideas and feelings that guide attention. When they slumber under the king of fear and pride, your faculties scatter—nobles dwindle, thoughts perch on distant mountains, and no one gathers them into a coherent life. This is not a future punishment but a signal of consciousness needing revision. The verse invites you to awaken your I AM, the indefinable awareness that is always now. Picture the inner shepherds waking, stepping into your consciousness, gathering each fragment—beliefs, desires, memories—into one harmonious flock. The dust of the nobles becomes the humility of remembered unity; the scattered people become your unified purpose marching toward a single fulfillment. By choosing and feeling the state of wholeness, you stand in the new reality where no part is lost, and the inner and outer reflect this unity. The change comes from within and is felt as already done; the outer scene reorganizes to reflect your inner alignment.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine a radiant inner shepherd gathering every thought into a single flock. Feel that unity as if it were already your lived experience.
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