Woe to Our Inner Giants
1 Samuel 4:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Samuel 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse voices fear that powerful deities hold the people in check, recalling the plagues of Egypt as proof of their might. It points to salvation as depending on some external power.
Neville's Inner Vision
On the surface, the cry 'Woe unto us' seems to name powers greater than ourselves. Yet the mighty gods are not outside forces; they are inner beliefs in power apart from God—the mind clinging to safety in forms. The plunge from deliverance by external gods tracks with a mind identifying with lack. When you remember the I AM as your true self, the scene reverses: the deliverer is within, and no apparent external threat can bind you. The 'gods' cited as saviors are projections of your old fear; you can revise them by entering the I AM now, feeling its certainty, and living as the one who saves through awareness. This is true worship: worship as realization of your unity with God here and now, not dependence on an outward power.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit in stillness and declare, 'I am the I AM delivering me now.' Stay with that feeling until fear dissolves and a quiet sense of sufficiency remains.
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