Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 19:11-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 19 in context

Scripture Focus

11Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

13And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

1 Samuel 19:11-17

Biblical Context

Saul's messengers seek to kill David, but Michal deceives Saul by placing an image in the bed and declaring David sick, enabling David to escape through a window.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this narrative the outer plot is a mirror of the inner life. Saul stands for fear pressing in from the outside; Michal's image-laden deception is the imaginal act by which you cover your true Self with a substitute to keep life intact. The bed becomes the arena of awareness where a counterfeit image sits, while David represents your I AM, the real self that slips away from the sound of threat. The window is consciousness opening; the pillow of goats' hair is the comforting but false support you clutch at night. When Saul's messengers seize at dawn and find only the image, you are reminded that appearances are not reality. Your practice is to recognize that the I AM remains untouched by any appearance, and you can revise the image with truth, letting the sense of safety rise as real in you. Use imagination to restore alignment with God, and you will see that you are already saved within.

Practice This Now

Today, assume the feeling of safety by declaring, 'I am safe in the I AM this night.' Then revise the false image into a manifestation of your true self and feel that truth as real.