Hunger, Bread, and Inner Trust

1 Samuel 28:21-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 28 in context

Scripture Focus

21And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
22Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
1 Samuel 28:21-23

Biblical Context

Saul is deeply troubled; the woman offers bread and urges him to eat. He refuses at first, but, urged by his servants, he yields and sits up, seeking strength for the journey.

Neville's Inner Vision

Saul is a state of consciousness, terribly unsettled, whose throne is fear rather than awareness. The woman is the inner assistant—obedience and sustenance—offering a morsel of bread as the 'feast' of recognizing I AM here and now. When you refuse the bread, you refuse your own alignment with power; when you yield and eat, you are revived by the awareness that sustenance is not diet but faith in what you already are. The servant voices are your inner memories that move you toward action, and the act of feeding is the revision of fear into trust. Power does not come by force outwardly but by consent to the inner movement of awareness; your 'king' is the I AM, already seated on the throne of your present realization. The narrative invites you to trust the inner hospitality—let nourishment come, let humility govern the will, and let obedience to the inner voice become your real kingship.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the I AM. Visualize the bread being set before you by your inner handmaid; eat it in imagination and feel the nourishment strengthening your next step.

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