Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 17:34-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 17 in context

Scripture Focus

34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Samuel 17:34-36

Biblical Context

David recounts guarding his sheep and killing a lion and a bear, delivering a lamb. He then declares that the Philistine will be as one of them because he defied the living God.

Neville's Inner Vision

David's speech is not about armor or bravado; it is a map of consciousness. The lion and bear are inner states—fear, doubt, distraction—that sought to carry off the truth you guard within your own mind. When he says he smote them and delivered the lamb, he shows the power of attention rightly focused by faith in God—the I AM within. The uncircumcised Philistine is any giant of today that dares to defy the living God; yet in the same breath David declares that such a giant shall be like the beasts he already defeated, because the power you seek is present now, in your awareness. The army of the living God is your own awakened I AM, standing not at a distant field but within the folds of your consciousness. The key is memory and present conviction: recall the victories, feel the same conviction now, and the outward world adjusts to the inward state. Your imagination is the loom; your feeling is the thread; faith is the sensation that what you intend is already done.