Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 8:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 8 in context

Scripture Focus

9A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Deuteronomy 8:9

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 8:9 promises a land where nothing is lacking, using iron and brass imagery to symbolize ready inner resources; it presents abundance as a state of consciousness rather than external possession.

Neville's Inner Vision

You are the I AM, and the land described is the terrain of your own consciousness. The bread without scarceness is the undeniable sense that your needs are supplied from within, not from chance. The stones of iron and hills of brass symbolize the wealth of inner faculties—strength, discipline, imagination, and creative power—available to you when you dwell in this state. This abundance is covenantal: it arises from loyalty to the awareness that you are always already supplied. When you assume the feeling of being well-fed, well-provided, and completely supported, the outer world aligns with that inner truth. Scarcity dissolves as you persist in the imaginative posture that your life is governed by the I AM and its grace. Providence becomes a gentle hand guiding your decisions, actions, and response to every situation, confirming that abundance is your natural inheritance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and affirm, I AM in the land of abundance; I lack nothing. Then feel the wealth of inner resources—bread, iron, brass—as existing within you, and let that confidence move you to actions from this fulfilled state.