Inner Gatekeepers of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 3:31-32 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Nehemiah 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Nehemiah 3:31-32, the goldsmiths and merchants repair the wall near the gate, symbolizing cooperative effort across trades.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the interior scene I bring the I AM. The wall is your field of awareness; the gate Miphkad is the threshold you step through with attention. The goldsmiths are the shaping powers of your thoughts, refining belief into forms you can inhabit. The merchants are the currents of action and relation—your choices, collaborations, and daily exchanges. When they repair the stretch from the corner to the sheep gate, you witness a unity of inner faculties: different energies joining to sustain a clear, renewed boundary. This is not a phrase about brick and mortar, but about conscious alignment: you decide to let imagination guide your labor, and labor harmonizes with imagination. If you feel separation, revise the feeling to: I AM all I need; I AM the builder, merchant, and steward of my life; renewal is my natural state. The message is that the New Creation begins within, when the various states of consciousness cooperate and you dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, watching and directing through love.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit in quiet, revise a limiting belief about your work, and feel as if you are the goldsmith and merchant repairing your inner gates. Say, 'I AM the builder of my life; I repair the walls with love and unity.'
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