Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 9:18-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

19And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

20And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

21And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

1 Samuel 9:18-21

Biblical Context

Saul approaches Samuel at the gate to ask where the seer lives; Samuel identifies himself as the seer and invites Saul to dine and learn what is in his heart, assuring him the lost asses are found and that Israel's desire rests on him and his family. Saul responds with humility about being from the smallest tribe.

Neville's Inner Vision

See Saul not as a man, but as a state of awareness stepping to meet another facet of consciousness. The gate is the threshold of your mind; the seer Samuel is the inner faculty of recognition within you. When the seer declares that I am the seer, it is your own I AM asserting that you know what you are about to discover. The invitation to eat with him and be shown all that is in your heart is the invitation to linger in the inner room where your true desires are confessed to you by your higher self. The lost asses and their finding symbolize attention that you are told to set aside from outward distractions because your inward state of desire is what Israel within you truly cares about. The question on whom is all the desire of Israel asks you to claim that desire as your own present state, not a distant promise. Saul's humble reply—calling himself the smallest—becomes the soul bowing before the truth that greatness belongs to the inner kingdom, not to outward lineage. The Kingdom of God arrives the moment you acknowledge that the I AM has chosen you here and now to reign within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the identity of the seer in your mind; declare I am the seer, and feel the high place of awareness. Revise any sense of lack by affirming that the kingdom is already yours and sit with that truth until it becomes present reality.