Inner Kingship and Obedience

1 Samuel 13:10-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 13 in context

Scripture Focus

10And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
11And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1 Samuel 13:10-11

Biblical Context

Saul finishes the burnt offering; Samuel arrives, and Saul explains his action was driven by fear of the people and the delay in Samuel's arrival.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe this scene as an inner drama: Saul represents a state of consciousness anxious about appearances and timing. The burnt offering is a symbolic boundary you complete in awareness, after which the inner prophet Samuel—your higher self—appears as a confirmation or challenge. Saul's excuse—'the people were scattered,' and 'you did not come within the days appointed'—is not a memory of history but a confession of faith in external conditions over the I AM. In Neville's method, you do not judge the action; you revise the assumption. The moment you refuse to yield to fear or to the sense of delay, you acknowledge that the kingly I AM is already present, governing events from within. The 'days appointed' vanish when you dwell in the awareness that you are the one who names the terms of your life. Thus Samuel's question becomes a gentle invitation: align your external actions with your inner decree, and you will see the outer respond as a faithful echo of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the inner decree is fulfilled now; feel the relief and authority as if Samuel has saluted you in the chamber of your own mind. Revision: replace 'the people were scattered' with 'I am the I AM, supreme ruler of my inner state.'

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