Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 8:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 8 in context

Scripture Focus

16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Deuteronomy 8:16

Biblical Context

The verse says God fed thee in the wilderness with manna to humble thee and prove thee, preparing thy heart for good at the end.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the wilderness is not a geographical trek but a state of consciousness. The manna is the living idea you harbor in imagination—the sense that you are fed, supplied, and carried by the I AM within. The Fathers’ ignorance of the manna points to the old, habitual ways of looking outside for bread and proof; the call to humility asks you to forget the attachments of past results and to trust the unseen supply of awareness now. The purpose of being in this mental wilderness is not punishment but revision: the divine mind tests your certainty, not your worth, so that your next act of imagination becomes a real power. When you accept inner provision as your law, the “latter end” arrives as present fulfillment: your circumstances reflect the steady, sufficing presence you chose in feeling and assumption. The moment you refuse to barter your inner manna for current appearance, you discover you are already fed by the I AM, and your good unfolds accordingly.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: I am fed by the manna of the I AM; my supply is inner, now. Sit with a single image of needing nothing, feel the fullness as if bread were in your hands, and remain in that state until belief shifts.