Wisdom That Delivers a City

Ecclesiastes 9:14-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ecclesiastes 9 in context

Scripture Focus

14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:14-16

Biblical Context

A small city is besieged by a mighty king. A poor but wise man delivers it with his wisdom, yet people forget him; wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom is despised and not heard.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the mind there is a little city that becomes besieged by a king of fear and outer trouble. The siege is felt as limitation, yet in the inner recess lies a poor wise man—the still, small voice of my I AM, the discernment that sees beyond appearances. He does not conquer by thunder but by a shift in consciousness: the realization that imagination creates reality and that the city is delivered when I assume the sensation that the outcome is already accomplished. The world may forget this inner sage, and often does, but its victory remains true: wisdom over strength, inward discernment over loud claims. When I recognize that I am the author of my experience, I release the need for proofs in the outer world and let the inner vision do the work. The deliverance comes through a revision of what is real in my consciousness: I am the one who imagines, I am the one who prevails, and hence the outer city becomes safe.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise: imagine the besieged city already delivered by the inner wise man; assume and feel that the city is saved, and hold that feeling for several breaths.

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