Neville Goddard on Exodus 33:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 33 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

15And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

16For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

17And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Exodus 33:12-17

Biblical Context

Moses asks the Lord to show His way and to go with the people. God promises His presence and rest, and stresses that grace is found when presence travels with them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here is how the scene reads in the mind's workshop: Moses is not a distant leader but the state of consciousness I call forth in myself when I crave a guide. I ask, as he did, for Thy way, that I may truly know Thee and keep Thy grace in sight. The answer comes, not as distant thunder, but as the affirmation: My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. The rest is inner peace, a quiet assurance that my forward movement is not apart from the Source. If presence does not go with me, I do not set forth; the journey proves itself through alignment with the I AM. The crucial line—Wherein shall it be known that I and my life have found grace?—is answered by the living symbol: grace appears where presence accompanies every step. To know thy name is to know thy self as God within; I am not separate from Grace, I am I AM. Therefore, the outer deliverance and guidance reflect an inner state fully realized. When I accept the presence now, the path unfolds in harmony.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and repeat, 'My presence goes with me now; I am known by name in the I AM.' Feel a warm rest spreading through you as you carry this inner presence into your next moment.