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

Read 1 Samuel 6 in context

Scripture Focus

5Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

6Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1 Samuel 6:5-6

Biblical Context

Outward symbols—emerods and mice—reflect inner tendencies; the verse invites turning from idols to the God within and softening a hard heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the story, the emerods and mice are not distant afflictions but images of your own mind. The Israelites set up images to honor their losses and fears, yet the real power is always the God within—the I AM that you are aware of. When you cling to the form, when you demand the land be lightened by something outside, you harden your heart just as the Egyptians did, resisting the inner movement that would free you. The moment you acknowledge that all images of hardship are only appearances in your consciousness, the hand that lightens appears as your own inner shift. God is not elsewhere and distant; He is the awareness in which every form arises. By choosing to give glory to the God within, you stop worshiping appearances and begin to reign in your land by your inner state. This is not a conquest but a redefining of reality: you are the I AM, and your present condition changes as you affirm that truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise, 'I am the I AM within; these outward images are thoughts in my consciousness, and I choose to let them go,' then dwell in the felt sense of inner sovereignty until it feels real.