Inner I Am: Ecclesiastes 8:7-8
Ecclesiastes 8:7-8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ecclesiastes 8 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Ecclesiastes 8:7-8 speaks of the unknowable future and the limits of human power; no one can tell when death comes or command the spirit. It shows that no external force—not even wickedness—can deliver those who are bound to it.
Neville's Inner Vision
What the verse exposes is a call to awaken to the truth that life is governed by your inner state, not by omens or external powers. The ‘he’ who knows not what shall be points to the mind dwelling in future possibility; you are invited to step into the I AM, the timeless awareness that holds you. When you identify with the I AM, the day of death loses its fear, for you are not moving through life as a fragment but as consciousness that cannot be finally destroyed. The war spoken of is the inner struggle between belief in lack and the assurance of presence. There is no discharge for the soul outside your inner alignment; wickedness cannot save you—only the realization that your reality is in the present state you assume. So choose to inhabit the sovereign I AM now, and let time and fate yield to the certainty of your inner life as God in you.
Practice This Now
Assume the state: I AM; revise fear by affirming I am timeless awareness. Feel it as inner certainty and silently declare, 'I already live as the I AM who secures my fate.'
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