Neville Goddard on Isaiah 40:15-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 40 in context

Scripture Focus

15Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Isaiah 40:15-17

Biblical Context

Isaiah 40:15-17 shows that nations and even Lebanon count for nothing before God. The verse declares that all terrestrial power is transient and vanity compared to the divine I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this Scripture you and I discover a simple law: nations and power outside are only reflections in a mirror of consciousness. When I realize that the 'drops' and 'dust' of the world are meager compared to the I AM within, the fear of political tremors dissolves. Lebanon's strength is not sought in beasts or offerings but in your inward fire—the imagination you feed with faith. All nations before the living I AM are nothing; they vanish when I claim my unity with divine mind. The verse invites a practical reversal: you permit yourself to be king by identifying with the inner throne. If I say, 'I am the ruler here,' the outer scene rearranges itself to confirm my assumption. The Kingdom of God rises not through the world’s verdict but through your choice to feel the kingdom as present here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, take three breaths, and revise: 'I AM the I AM, sovereign over all appearances.' Then dwell on one current concern and feel it dissolving as you declare, 'This world is my dream; I revise it to reflect my inner unity.'