Neville Goddard on Hebrews 4:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 4 in context

Scripture Focus

9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:9-11

Biblical Context

There remains a rest for the people of God; entering it requires ceasing from one's own works and pressing into the divine pace. Let us labor to enter that rest lest we fall into unbelief.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your rest is not a distant place but the I AM, the quiet awareness in which every outer movement is seen as a wave in consciousness. The verse says there remains a rest for the people of God; I hear that rest as the assurance that you are already complete, that God and you are one act of consciousness. When you cease from your own works—your incessant plans and striving—you align with the divine rhythm that rested in creation and now rests within you. To enter this rest, you do not chase effects in the world; you return to the inner witness, the I AM that never moves. Labor here means a steady attending to the truth that you are not your thoughts but the observer of thoughts. In that detachment, unbelief dissolves and peace arises as your natural state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet, repeat silently, 'I am resting in the I AM,' feeling it as real now. Let go of over-effort and revise the belief that you must earn rest by works.