Inner Justice, Outer Vanity

Ecclesiastes 8:12-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 8 in context

Scripture Focus

12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14

Biblical Context

The passage notes that outward fortune does not always match a person’s moral standing: sinners may prosper and the righteous seem not to, while the wicked may live long or short lives. It ends by calling such discrepancies vanity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your waking world is a reflection of the state you hold in consciousness. When the text speaks of a sinner prospering for a hundred times and the righteous not, it is not a judgment but a mirror of inner conditions. The 'fear of God' is alignment with the I AM, the living awareness that perceives and creates. In Neville's terms, what endures as 'well' for the fearful is the inner harmony that cannot be shaken by external shifts; the seeming prolongation of a wicked life is the duration you permit in your mind when you identify with lack or fear. The vanity of seeing outcomes as justice or injustice dissolves when you realize the traffic of appearances flows from inner states. Thus, you are invited to revise: assume the feeling of the fulfilled state now, not when appearances conform. By dwelling in the awareness that you are the creator, you will witness the outer world shift to match the peace you hold within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and mentally declare: I am the awareness that governs my life. Then revise a current appearance by affirming a state of well-being and trust in divine timing.

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