Neville Goddard on Isaiah 38:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

4Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Isaiah 38:4-8

Biblical Context

God tells Hezekiah through Isaiah that He has heard his prayer and tears, promising fifteen more years of life. He promises to defend the city and gives a sign by reversing the sun’s shadow on the dial.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader who calls themselves the I AM, this story is not about a historical siege; it is a language of consciousness. 'The word of the LORD' is your inner voice, the auditory glow of your own awareness declaring, 'I have heard thy prayer.' Your tears symbolize the emotionally charged states you once wore, now seen and transmuted by your attention. The promise of fifteen years is a promise of expanded perception, a wider time horizon born in the now when you refuse to concede limitation. The defense of the city is the felt safety of your inward state, the conviction that your core being remains untouched by outward threat, because you and God are one I AM. The sign — the sun dial turning backward — is the image that your assumption has altered the order of events; time, like your senses, obeys your conviction. Practice living from the end, imagining that you already stand within the extra years, and let your present feeling match that reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I have heard my prayer; I am defended; time is mine to redeem.' Then imagine the sundial in your mind turning ten degrees backward, and feel the relief of the extended life as if it has already occurred.