Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 17:10-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

1 Kings 17:10-12

Biblical Context

Elijah meets a starving widow who has only a small meal and oil, and she and her son plan to eat it and die.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner crisis is the widow's moment, scarcity appearing as a lack of bread and oil. But Elijah's approach is an invitation to revise the scene by turning attention to the I AM, the living supply within. The gate of the city represents the boundary between your present conscious state and a larger consciousness that already holds abundance. The barrel and the cruse symbolize your inner store of possibility, waiting for belief to unlock it. When you insist that there is no bread, you contract your reality; when you silently acknowledge that your true bread and water are provided by the I AM now, you initiate the movement of grace. The miracle is a change of inner state that leads to outer provision. By choosing to feel already supplied, you become the sovereign who calls for bread and receives it, even in the face of apparent scarcity.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that you are already nourished and cared for. Say to yourself, I AM the source of all I require, and imagine tasting bread and drinking water in the present moment, letting supply fill your being.