Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 15:10-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 15 in context

Scripture Focus

10Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

17And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

18And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

1 Samuel 15:10-19

Biblical Context

God's word comes to Samuel about Saul's failure to fully obey. Samuel's rebuke highlights that outward ritual cannot substitute inner obedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the 'word of the LORD' comes not as external decree to others, but as a calling within you. Sauls outward obedience - destroying some things while clinging to the best - pictures a mind that obeys in part and loves its own choices more than the command. In Neville's grammar, every commandment is a cue to raise your inner state. When you hear the instruction to let go of what the world calls 'best,' you are being invited to relinquish the old posture of fear and claim your true throne in awareness. The line, 'When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel?' becomes a map: humility yields the inner anointing. The test is whether you act from alignment with the I AM or from the ego's justification. If you persist in defense of the spoil, you dim the light; if you revise and yield, your inner king is confirmed. The inner judgment is not punishment but the adjustment of your state of consciousness to the truth you already are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quiet, breathe, and declare, 'I am obeying the inner commandment fully' and feel it as already done. Notice any excuses dissolve as you linger in the I AM.