Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 20:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 20 in context

Scripture Focus

8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Deuteronomy 20:8

Biblical Context

The officers question who among the people is fearful and fainthearted, and send the fearful home so the rest’s morale isn’t broken.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the officers are the discerning voices of your I AM, judging which states of mind are fit to advance and which must step aside for the sake of the whole. Fearful and fainthearted is a temporary state, not your eternal self, and to protect the collective momentum you allow it to exit the active field. When such a state arises, you do not battle it; you acknowledge it, then revise by affirming, I AM Courage now arising within me. In that act, fear is reorganized into faith, and your inner faculties—imagination, will, perception—march forward in unison. By privatizing the energy of fear and aligning with the inner officers, you keep the inner army steady, and reality conforms to the consciousness you affirm.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner officer's stance: when fear speaks, revise the scene by declaring I AM Courage and feel it as real. See your inner camp march forward with steady breath and unshakable attention on your I AM.