Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 16:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

12It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

2 Samuel 16:11-12

Biblical Context

David acknowledges a hostile turn of events—his own son seeks his life—and he trusts that the LORD has permitted it for a purpose. He expresses faith that God may turn the affliction into good.

Neville's Inner Vision

The scene is not about a king's politics but about the state of your own consciousness. 'The LORD hath bidden him' is the key: what seems to come against you is allowed by your I AM to refine your self-awareness. The curses are thoughts; the affliction is the inner tension you feel when life pushes back against your desire. In Neville's fashion, view the verse as a directive: you are the watcher, the Abishai in yourself, observing without being overwhelmed by the curse. When you realize the I AM is looking on your suffering, you do not fight it; you revise it by assuming that this very circumstance is chosen by divine order to bring about your good. The word recompense points to a future repayment of good that your imagination creates by feeling-as-if it is already so. As you dwell on this, the external scene begins to bend to your inner certainty because the one power that governs is your awareness, the I AM, and it never fails to recompense your patience with favorable results.

Practice This Now

Assume the state, 'I am looked on with favor by the I AM; this affliction is seen and converted to good.' Feel it-real by dwelling in calm assurance until the external scene follows.