Neville Goddard on Isaiah 25:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 25 in context

Scripture Focus

4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 25:4-6

Biblical Context

The verses present God as a steadfast shelter for the poor and needy, a refuge from the storm, and a promise of an inner abundance on the mountain. It points to a shift from external peril to inner assurance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine that the Lord you seek is not a distant deity, but the I AM breathing as your own awareness. In your inner weather, when the storm roars and the heat of distress scorches, you are sheltered by a consciousness that refuses to shake. The 'strength to the poor' is the inner stamina you awaken when you refuse to identify with lack; the 'refuge from the storm' is the quiet center that remains unmoved as thought stirs. The 'noise of strangers' and the heat of the day yield to the shadow of your inner cloud when you stand on the mountain of awareness, knowing that the branch of the terrible ones is brought low by realized presence. And then, in this inward mountain, the Lord of hosts prepares a feast—not of external feast-sense, but of inner nourishment: peace, clarity, compassion, and abundant life that wells up from consciousness. The mountain becomes your city of plenty because you finally inhabit the state that lawfully feeds you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the consciousness that you are held by an inner shelter; declare, 'I AM the strength and the feast.' Then breathe into that awareness until the sense of abundance becomes your ordinary state.