Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 18:19-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 18 in context

Scripture Focus

19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

20And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

21Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

23But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

2 Samuel 18:19-23

Biblical Context

Two messengers race to the king with tidings—one is stayed by royal timing, another presses on—showing how inner timing and motive shape what we call news.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the king is the I AM within you, the tidings are shifts of consciousness, and the runners are impulses in your mind. Joab’s pause is the inner governor measuring when the state of being is ready; Ahimaaz’s rush is the ego’s craving for attention. Ahimaaz represents a glorious mood that is not yet fully settled; Cushi embodies faithful, quiet bearing of truth. When the inner governor permits, the message lands as a fact, not as an outer event: your Lord has avenged you of your enemies—the old fear and limitation—within. The drama is about timing, not history; it is about aligning your inner state with the steady, victorious feeling that the tidings have already been delivered. Your mind learns to withhold and release news only when the consciousness is prepared, so the news lands as a natural expression of your completed state. The result is unity of messenger and message, inner quiet and external effect, a single victorious consciousness moving through life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume the victory state; imagine delivering the tidings to your inner king, feeling 'it is done' in the present.