Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 26:19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 26 in context

Scripture Focus

19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

1 Samuel 26:19

Biblical Context

David speaks to Saul, asking to hear his words. He presents the possibility that if God stirred Saul against him, an offering could be accepted; otherwise his enemies have driven him from the LORD's inheritance by urging him to serve other gods.

Neville's Inner Vision

David’s words reveal an inner drama of consciousness. The “Lord” stirred up against me becomes the movements of thought that appear to oppose your true nature. The “offering” is a revision of belief, a conscious dedication to the one I AM within you, rather than to external outcomes. The “children of men” who curse before the LORD are the transient judgments of the ego; they drive you from the inheritance of the LORD only insofar as you identify with them. Exile is a shift in inner allegiance away from the Kingdom of God toward appearances; return comes when you re-anchor in the I AM, the unconditioned awareness that remains constant amid every circumstance. The loyalty here is covenant loyalty to your divine nature, not to shifting opinions or idols. By consenting to the inner movement as a signal from your higher self, you align with the inner inheritance and dissolve the sense of separation from God.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are in the LORD's inheritance now. Feel the I AM as king within you; revise any opposing circumstance as a dream, and dwell in the certainty of divine loyalty.