Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 23:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 23 in context

Scripture Focus

22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

1 Samuel 23:22-23

Biblical Context

Saul dispatches messengers to locate David, learn where he hides, and return with certainty, promising to hunt him down if he is found among the tribes of Judah.

Neville's Inner Vision

View this scene as a map of the human mind. Saul’s orders are the mindset of suspicion, the urge to control outcomes by chasing shadows. David is not a man to be found in the hills; he is the higher self, the true king already seated within your consciousness. The hiding places and lurking places are the subconscious beliefs and fears that obscure your awareness of this king. When Saul swears to search through all the thousands of Judah, he represents the many thoughts and feelings sweeping through you to assert control. The moment you accept that the king is within and present, you no longer fight David; you acknowledge that your awareness can seek and reveal him from every corner of mind. The certainty demanded by Saul becomes the certainty you can claim here and now: I am the I AM, and I am aware of my own wholeness. The outer pursuit dissolves into inner alignment, and Providence—the guidance you seek—is a natural movement of consciousness toward its own truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state of David as already present and safe in you; quietly declare, 'I am David, safe and king in my mind.' Then survey your inner beliefs, revise fear, and feel the certainty of his presence now.