Inner Timing and Sudden Trials

Ecclesiastes 9:12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 9 in context

Scripture Focus

12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ecclesiastes 9:12

Biblical Context

Ecclesiastes 9:12 says we cannot know when misfortune will come; it compares that moment to fish caught in a net and birds snared in a trap, suddenly overtaking people. It reminds us that time and danger arrive without warning.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's language, the time of trouble is never an outsider; it is a movement in your own consciousness. When you accept uncertainty or fear, you align with the 'evil time' that falls suddenly like a net closing around the fish. The apparent snare is not fate; it is a mental state you have entertained. You are the I AM, the aware self that creates through belief. If you imagine yourself as separate from the hour, you invite intrusion; if you revise the scene inwardly, you dissolve the net. The way out is simple: decide to inhabit a state that already contains the resolution you seek. Live from the end, feel the desired outcome as your present experience, and watch as the external snare loses its grip because the inner cause has changed. Remember, time is not marching toward you; you are the consciousness that orders time. In this light, 'sudden' becomes a cue to turn attention away from fear and toward the unchanging I AM, where every moment is already known and safe.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state you want as already yours. Feel the I AM holding that hour now.

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