Neville Goddard on Exodus 20:20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 20 in context

Scripture Focus

20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Exodus 20:20

Biblical Context

Moses tells the people not to fear, for God has come to prove them, so that His fear may be before their faces, that they sin not. In plain terms, the passage presents an inner test meant to awaken reverence toward the divine within consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville lens the verse speaks not of a distant deity but of your own awareness. God is the I AM within you, arriving to prove you by placing a moment before the screen of your mind. The fear mentioned is not punishment but reverence for the presence you are, a guardrail that keeps your thoughts from straying from truth. When fear rises, it signals that your inner state has drifted from the simple fact of being conscious as I AM. The remedy is to return to the awareness you already are, letting I AM stand before you as the ruling idea of your life so that any misalignment, symbolized as sin, cannot take hold. The test invites you to exercise faith in the unseen power you already possess. By declaring and feeling the I AM as your immediate reality, you realign your world with that state, and what unfolds becomes the embodiment of your inner state.