Inner Progress to the High Calling

Philippians 3:13-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Philippians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Philippians 3:13-16

Biblical Context

Paul admits he hasn't fully grasped it yet, but he commits to one focus: forget the past and reach toward what lies ahead, pressing toward the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. He invites believers to maintain this mindedness and walk by a shared rule.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses describe the inner field of your consciousness. Forgetting what lies behind is not a denial of memory but a turning of attention from an old state to the living forward motion of I AM. You are not trying to become someone else; you are choosing to identify with the state in which the high calling is already realized. The prize is the felt experience of your divine nature now, the moment when 'in Christ' becomes your immediate awareness. When you press toward the mark, you create a dynamic trajectory in consciousness, a deliberate movement toward the goal you have chosen. The line 'as many as be perfect, be thus minded' is a reminder that consistency of mind—one inner rule—stabilizes all thoughts and feelings. If you find yourself otherwise minded, allow the I AM within to reveal it with clarity that reorients you, not judgment. Therefore walk by the same rule, mind the same thing: keep your attention fixed on the end, and let your life echo the fulfilled vision through every moment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and imagine you are already living the high calling; feel the I AM as present in your chest, and revise any memory of lack by affirming, 'I am this state now.'

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