Inner Command Over Fear
1 Samuel 19:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Samuel 19 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Saul orders Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. This shows fear and threat arising in the kingly state of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's tenor, the verse is not about a historical king but about the inner state of Saul—a fear-filled consciousness clinging to old authority. The command to kill David represents the urge to annihilate a rising quality within you—the 'David' who is anointed with life, courage, and loyalty to truth. Jonathan embodies the inner watcher within your mind, the portion of consciousness that remains aware of higher self yet trembles at fear's pull. The servants are the various dispositions inside you that carry out the old program. Saul's decree to kill David is the psyche's crisis: the old self attempting to suppress the new self, the living Word born within. Remember: God is I AM, the awareness behind all events. The act you witness as a 'kill' is a movement of neglected belief patterns, not a literal tragedy. Your work is to reverse it by assuming the living king—David—already established in your heart. When you assume this, fear's decree dissolves and the inner kingdom endures, not by force but by recognizing the I AM reigning as your true self.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, repeat 'I AM the I that cannot be killed by fear; David within me reigns now,' and feel the assurance until fear dissolves.
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