Neville Goddard on Esther 4:11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 4 in context

Scripture Focus

11All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Esther 4:11

Biblical Context

Esther states that entering the inner court uncalled is punishable by death, and she has not been summoned for thirty days.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther's note that no one may approach the king uninvited reveals a mental law of outward fear appearing as limitation. In Neville's terms, the king is the I AM within you, the living awareness that decides what may enter the inner court. The decree of death for uninvited entry is the old belief that you must wait for permission from a distant ruler, a belief that you are not yet seen or acknowledged by divine presence. Yet the golden sceptre stands for the moment of acceptance that the I AM extends to you in consciousness. When you feel uncalled or delayed—as Esther did for thirty days—you are not abandoning your desire; you are being invited to revise your premise. Assume that you are already called, that your access is guaranteed by the inner decree of the I AM. Step into the inner court and feel the sceptre touch your life as confirmation that you may live and act from the divine presence. Your external circumstances will reflect this inner address as you dwell in the certainty of being welcomed.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, in imagination, enter the inner court as the I AM welcomes you. Feel the gold sceptre extended and dwell in that certainty until it becomes your lived reality.