Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 18:10-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 18 in context

Scripture Focus

10And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

11And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 18:10-11

Biblical Context

Saul, gripped by an inner disturbance, wields a javelin while David plays; Saul tries to kill David, but David evades twice. The passage illustrates a conflict between fear and inner harmony.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Saul as a state of consciousness that believes in danger and the power of outer weaponry to hurt you. The 'evil spirit from God' is not an external demon but a mental weather pattern formed by a thought you nourish—fear, suspicion, the sense that you are under attack. In Neville's terms, God is the I AM, awareness that stands behind all plays. Your life unfolds from the story you imagine about yourself. David, playing in the house, is your imagination actively engaged in harmonizing conditions. The javelin is a violent thought-form hurled by a belief that you are under attack. When Saul throws it, the scene is testing your determination to stay with your inner I AM rather than chase the crisis outward. David avoids, twice, which shows that you can withdraw your attention from the threat without denying its appearance. The shift occurs when you identify with the inner observer—the I AM—that witnesses the scene and refuses to identify with fear. In that identification, the apparent danger loses its bite; you issue a new assumption, and the light of presence heals the errant state. The real kingship is the inner authority you choose to inhabit, here and now.