Neville Goddard on Amos 8:11-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 8 in context

Scripture Focus

11Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

Amos 8:11-13

Biblical Context

Amos speaks of a coming famine—not for bread or water, but for hearing the words of the LORD, followed by a chase for guidance that cannot be found, and a consequent thirst.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner economy, famine is a state of consciousness lacking the Word. The people wander from place to place because they imagine themselves separated from the living word inside. The 'word of the LORD' is not a distant decree but the immediacy of God-aware I AM in you. When you identify with deficiency—whether you hear nothing or feel lost—the inner echo fades; yet the invitation is to revise that sense into perceptual certainty. Picture the Word as an active pulse in the mind, a present-tense instruction guiding every choice. By assuming the Word is spoken within you now, you align your whole atmosphere with its authority, and the outer scenes begin to adjust to reflect that inner hearing. The famine becomes a call to train attention inward, to dwell in the truth that you already know what to do; you are not separate from the LORD, you are its living instrument.

Practice This Now

Assume you hear the word within now; revise any sense of absence by saying, "I hear the LORD within me now," and feel that certainty as your immediate reality.