Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 3 in context

Scripture Focus

12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

Biblical Context

The verses teach that true good lies in rejoicing and doing good, and that eating and drinking the fruit of one’s labor is a gift from God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a confession inside your own consciousness. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 says there is no enduring good apart from rejoicing and doing good in life, and that eating and drinking the fruit of one’s labor is a gift of God. In the Neville Goddard approach, God is not an external ruler but the I AM that you are right now. When you accept that the joy you seek already exists as your inner state, you stop chasing; you awaken to the reality you are imagining. Rejoicing becomes an inner posture, a sure correlation between your present feeling and the world you experience. Your labor and its results are not merely external efforts but manifestations of awareness expressing itself as form. So I revise any sense of lack: I am the one who joyfully does good, and I am the eater and drinker of the best that life can give, for the gift of God is the operating principle within consciousness. As you inhabit that feeling, actions align, doors open, and your day recasts itself as the natural harvest of a mind turned toward abundance.