Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 3:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 3 in context

Scripture Focus

17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

Biblical Context

Habakkuk 3:17-18 presents barren yields, yet the speaker chooses to rejoice in the LORD, trusting in salvation. It points to an inner shift where outward lack yields to inner certainty.

Neville's Inner Vision

Scarcity in Habakkuk's scene is not a failure of the world but a failure of memory—forgetting that you are the I AM, the awareness behind all you see. When you identify with the lack, the fig tree withers and the fields are bare; when you identify with the God of your salvation, the inner rain begins, and the outward signs align with your inward conviction. The verse asks you to refuse the evidence and to revise it from the throne of consciousness. Your true power is the assumption that the end has already occurred; feel the joy as the present state in which the God of salvation is your immediate consciousness. Your praise is not a reaction to circumstances but a deliberate act of aligning with your own divine nature. So you can choose joy now, and the outward world follows suit, proving that God is within and salvation is the atmosphere of your life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine yourself already in abundance. Revise the scene by feeling the fulfilled state as present, and declare, I am the I AM, rejoicing in salvation now.