Inner Timing of Love
Song of Solomon 8:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Song of Solomon 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse urges restraint in love and waiting for its proper timing, directing the heart to rely on divine timing rather than force.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this line, the mind is instructed to hold the flame of desire in quiet, not by denial but by alignment with the I AM's timing. The 'daughters of Jerusalem' represent the mental voices that urge action, yet the verse bids them to pause until the inner 'he'—the beloved, the motion of love—decides the hour. You do not awaken love by external haste; you awaken it by inner consent, by assuming the state of the wish fulfilled and trusting the inner law that governs experience. When you accept that love responds to your inner state rather than to outward pressure, you discover that the moment of awakening is not a calendar but a consciousness. The I AM, the awareness you are, is already present with the beloved; your task is to dwell in that reality until it willingly comes forth. Practically, you revise any impatient story and imagine, with feeling, that love is already in its divine timing, that its expression is summoned by your faith, not by demand. In this way, restraint becomes a creative discipline, preparing your heart to receive when the inner yes arises.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly, anchor in I AM, repeat, 'Love wakes in its own timing,' and feel the wish fulfilled now; when impatience arises, revise to trust.
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