Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 3:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

9Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:9

Biblical Context

Samuel is told by Eli to listen when God calls and to respond with the words Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth, showing readiness to hear the divine within.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this moment, the scene is not about a voice from outside but a movement of consciousness within. Samuel’s posture—lie down in his place—becomes the reader’s stillness, a surrender to the I AM that suffuses all. When Eli instructs him to answer, the phrase Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth becomes a license to assume that the Lord is addressing you in the theater of your own mind. The call is a shift in state: a new awareness awakens, and you respond from the position of the I AM, not from fear or doubt. To hear is to acknowledge your own divine listening, to treat the inner suggestion as God in operation within you. Practically, you revise any narration of lack by assuming that you are already hearing, and then you feel that reality as real, letting the inner voice guide your next action. As you practice, the presence of God becomes your present experience, a trustworthy companion whose call you answer with faith and stillness.