Neville Goddard on Exodus 15:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 15 in context

Scripture Focus

22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Exodus 15:22-23

Biblical Context

After crossing the Red Sea, Israel travels three days in the wilderness and arrives at Marah, where the waters are bitter and undrinkable.

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 15:22-23 presents an inner drama. The wilderness is a state of consciousness after deliverance, a period where one must discover a sustaining, life-giving awareness. The three-day delay without water symbolizes an inner pause where old certainties are unsettled and a new premise must be claimed. Marah's bitter waters embody a belief that life is lacking or unendurable, a condition that seems to test faith. Yet the scripture invites a shift in perception: the source of true drink and nourishment lies within the I AM—your own living awareness. From Neville's standpoint, the remedy is not external plumbing but a revision of assumption: declare that the water is sweet, that you are supplied here and now, and feel the reality of that sensation. As you persist in this revise-and-feel-it-real practice, the sense of lack dissolves, and the inner water becomes drinkable. Deliverance remains intact, and the present lack serves as a gateway to a renewed consciousness of abundance.