Neville Goddard on Ecclesiastes 8:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 8 in context

Scripture Focus

2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Ecclesiastes 8:2-4

Biblical Context

Ecclesiastes 8:2-4 counsels obeying the king's command and the oath of God, cautions against rushing away from his presence, and asserts that the king's word holds power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the king as the governor of your own mind—the I AM that you are. The commandment you keep is the vow you make to align with that inner order; the oath of God is the sacred agreement that your imagination is the instrument of creation. When you are not hasty to depart from the king’s sight, you do not abandon the inner assumption at the first sign of fear; you hold steady in your chosen decree. The king does whatsoever pleases him; this is not caprice but the natural expression of a mind fully aligned with its own law. Where the word of a king is, there is power: hence, fix a single, definite inner word—an assumption that your desired state is now true. The external world will bend to that inner decree, and no argument from the old self can overthrow it. The verse invites you to test your own authority: who may say unto you, What doest thou? You rise above questioning by living from the end, feeling it real, and acting from the assumed state until it remains your only reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume the inner king’s command as already true: 'I AM the decree.' Hold that feeling for a minute, revise any contrary thought, and act from the settled state until it becomes your lived reality.