Saul's Inner Alarm Awakens Leadership

1 Samuel 11:4-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 11 in context

Scripture Focus

4Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
7And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Samuel 11:4-7

Biblical Context

Messengers report the Jabesh crisis; the people weep. Saul receives the tidings, the Spirit alights upon him, and his anger drives a drastic plan that rallies Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this narrative you meet the same force that governs every awakening: the moment when inner perception flips from passive to decisive action. The tidings are not external news alone; they are an inner signal that something in your consciousness must stand up. When Saul hears, the Spirit of God comes upon him—your own I AM shows up, and the inner weather shifts from fear to fervent focus. The anger kindled is not revenge but the fiery conviction that aligns intention with reality. To break the old yoke of doubt, Saul cuts the oxen and posts the severed pieces to every frontier of Israel. This is your symbolic act: you declare through feeling and imagination that the old you, the one that hesitates, must be redistributed for the sake of your higher aim. The fear of the LORD that follows is the inner awe that your consciousness carries when it recognizes its own power to persuade, to command, to organize thought and action into harmony. The result is unity—one consent in the inner realm—that becomes outward reality as 'the people came out' in resonance with your inner decree. This is the kingdom of God in operation within you.

Practice This Now

Assume right now that you are acting with Saul's inner fire; close your eyes, feel the Spirit moving in you, and declare, 'I and my higher self unite to accomplish this purpose.' Then symbolically cut away the old limitation (or burn a paper) to seal the vow.

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