Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 3:18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

1 Samuel 3:18

Biblical Context

Samuel tells Eli all that the LORD said, withholding nothing; then acknowledges that the LORD’s will is sovereign and to be trusted.

Neville's Inner Vision

Samuel's act of telling and the content itself are inner motions of consciousness. In Neville's terms, Eli is a state of resistance or conscience that seeks control; Samuel is the awakened I AM who receives the inner communications. When Samuel declares, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good, he is declaring the one reality—the I AM—whose decree is sovereign over every scene. The outer scene of Eli's listening is the outer mouth of your disposition; Providence unfolds as you trust the inner movement of consciousness that the I AM knows what is best. To live this is to practice the revision: accept the inner decree as already done, let the belief rest in the I AM, and let events align with that decree. The truth you seek is not in the facts of the world but in your internal acceptance that God works through you, as you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit with the inner message you wish to speak to your Eli; declare 'It is the LORD' over the situation, and feel the I AM already acting through you. Rest in the assurance that the decree is done.