Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 30:19-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 30 in context

Scripture Focus

19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

21And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

22Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

24For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

25And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

1 Samuel 30:19-25

Biblical Context

David recovered all; there was nothing lacking among the people, great or small. He then established that the spoil would be shared alike, even with those who stayed behind.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s reading, the camp is your field of consciousness and the spoil the fruits of your imagined state. When David proclaims, 'This is David's spoil,' he is naming the realized state as belonging to the entire you that is awake, not a single part of you. The two hundred who lingered at Besor symbolize aspects of your mind that have yet to enter action, yet they are included in the victory by virtue of inner alignment. The wicked men of Belial represent doubt and self-justifying grievance that would prevent sharing; David’s reply—'you shall not do so'—is the inner decree that what the LORD has given is given to the whole self, not to factions. The principle that 'as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike' becomes your mental policy: abundance is not scarce, but shared, according to your unified state. By accepting that the I AM has delivered you into this victory, you establish a lasting ordinance in your mind—restoration and justice flow to all parts of your life.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of having recovered all you require, and revise any sense of lack by declaring: There is enough and to spare for every part of me. Feel it now, and imagine sharing this victory with all aspects of my life.