Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 6:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

4So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

2 Kings 6:1-7

Biblical Context

The prophets seek a larger dwelling, go to Jordan to fetch beams, and when the axe head is lost in the water, Elisha helps recover it, symbolizing how need can reveal inner abundance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your strait place is not a fixed wall but a state of consciousness asking to be widened. When the sons decide to extend their dwelling, the movement from contraction to expansion begins as an act of faith. The borrowed axe head represents a faculty you think you have lost—skill, courage, or opportunity—now submerged in the subconscious pond of doubt. Elisha’s question, 'Where fell it?' invites you to locate the point where belief went blind to its own power. The remedy is not a physical search but an inner act: cast a stick into the water—the simple, decisive gesture of an assumption or revision that sends a signal to your deeper mind. The iron then swims, a symbol that your life will respond to your inner measurement when you align memory and desire with the I AM that you are. Take the recovered tool up, and carry it forward as evidence that you are no longer bound by lack, but by the consciousness you choose to embody.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you already hold the tool you think is lost. Imagine throwing a decisive mental 'stick' into the waters of doubt and feel the axe head rise into your hand; then take one concrete action today using that regained power.