Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 3:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

6And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

1 Samuel 3:5-6

Biblical Context

Samuel runs to Eli, thinking Eli called him; Eli says he did not call, and Samuel lies down. The LORD calls again, Samuel rises and goes to Eli, saying, Here am I; for thou didst call me.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Samuel not as a child but as your own consciousness, waking to the fact that the call you seek is not spoken from outside but from the I AM within. Eli represents the habit of listening for authority elsewhere, a voice in the outer world that pretends to appoint your destiny. The repeated calling is the inner signal insisting that you turn your attention away from the illusion of separation and listen to the true speaker: your own awareness. When you answer, 'Here am I,' you align with the act of claiming your vocation, not as a conquest of fate but as the realization that vocation is the state you inhabit now. The 'Lord' is not a distant figure; God is the I AM, the constant presence that makes form from the idea. Your true calling unfolds as you revise the belief that you must go to someone else to verify your path. The moment you stop waiting for an outer cue and dwell in the conviction that you are called, your world rearranges to reflect that inner decree. Remember: the imagination creates reality, and the voice you hear is your own awakened state, not a separate messenger.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and repeat, 'I am called now.' Feel the I AM as the source of your vocation and revise the sense of waiting for an outer cue, letting the inner voice be your directive.