Neville Goddard on Isaiah 36:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

16Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isaiah 36:16

Biblical Context

Isaiah 36:16 records the Assyrian king urging submission and a treaty, promising safety if the people abandon Hezekiah and rely on their own resources.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the voice on the outside corresponds to a state of fear and longing for security. Hezekiah, in Neville's terms, is the inner governor of your life—the belief that God is your only shield. The Assyrian king's demand to 'make an agreement with me' is the temptation to concede your inner faith for a cover of outward arrangements. When you hear that voice, it is not they speaking to you; it is your own consciousness offering substitutes for trust in the I AM. The vines and figs and cisterns represent the habitual means by which you suppose you sustain life—money, status, plan B, backup systems. The call to listen to the outer king is the moment you forget the 'I AM' within that provides everything. Your duty is not to fight the external power but to reaffirm the inner covenant: 'I trust in the I AM; I am provided for according to the eternal nature of consciousness.' By choosing to remain loyal to the covenant of God within, you allow guidance and providence to flow through you. Fear dissolves as you revise the feeling to 'I am always supplied by the I AM.'

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a moment of fear, close your eyes, breathe, and repeat, 'I am the I AM; I am provided for now.' Visualize the external contracts dissolving as you rest in the inner presence that supplies all.