Neville Goddard on Isaiah 41:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 41 in context

Scripture Focus

22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Isaiah 41:22-23

Biblical Context

Isaiah 41:22–23 challenges people to prove their deities by foretelling events, then points to true worship as alignment with the inner source rather than external signs.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah's cry does not ask to verify distant deities by papers of prophecy; it exposes the hunger of the mind to see its own power reflected in external signs. The 'gods' are not beings separate from you but states of consciousness you have identified as reality. The verse invites you to notice that when you demand to be dismayed by future outcomes, you are letting your present inner state be moved by what may come rather than claiming the I AM now. The real test is inside: what feeling are you inhabiting as you move toward the future? The former things and the things to come are rearrangements of your inner imagery; by choosing to inhabit a different assumption—already the end attained—you dissolve the need for signs. True worship, in this light, is steadfast alignment with I AM, the awareness that figures and events are but the formation of your inner world. You are not praying to distant gods; you are returning to the one power within your own consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the end you want as already real. Say, 'I AM that I AM; this outcome is formed in my consciousness now,' and rest in the feeling until it settles.