Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 12:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 12 in context

Scripture Focus

3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Samuel 12:3

Biblical Context

Samuel declares himself a witness before the LORD and His anointed, asking if he has harmed anyone or taken anything unjust. He pledges to restore whatever wrongs are found.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your life is not a record of facts external to you; it is the stream of states you inhabit in consciousness. When Samuel says, Behold, here I am—witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed—he is inviting you to turn the gaze inward to your own inner governor. The questions “Whose ox have I taken… whom have I defrauded, whom I have oppressed, or of whose hand have I received a bribe?” point to misalignments in the mind, not merely deeds in the world. The LORD and His anointed stand for your I AM, your awareness, the most constant sovereign within. To answer truthfully is to acknowledge any belief that diminishes love or justice and to revise it at once. To restore, in Neville's sense, is to re-create your inner state until it feels as if no injury has ever occurred—because you have re-imagined it in alignment with wholeness. Practice: assume you are the witness of your own consciousness and revise any claim of lack or defilement by affirming restored integrity here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you are the witness of your inner world, and ask: What belief or feeling have I defrauded in my mind? Revise it by restoring it in imagination and feel the release as if the deed is corrected in this moment.