Neville Goddard on Isaiah 45:20-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 45 in context

Scripture Focus

20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Isaiah 45:20-22

Biblical Context

Isaiah 45:20-22 invites all people to lay down idols and turn to the Lord, who alone saves. It proclaims that true salvation comes from acknowledging the one God and looking to the inner Presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville Goddard's psychology, the passage reveals that the 'nations' and their 'gods' are states of consciousness and images of the mind. The warning against praying to a god that cannot save shows that relying on external symbols is a dream of separation. The Lord who is the only God and savior is not a distant being but the I AM within you—the unwavering awareness that makes life possible. 'Look unto me, and be saved' becomes a directive to turn your attention from external idols to your own inner presence. Salvation occurs when you acknowledge that you are the creator of your experience, and that there is no other God beside the one you are—the living, saving consciousness that you awaken by assumption and feeling. The call to 'look' toward this inner source invites you to extend this realization to all experiences, recognizing that every perception is a manifestation of your interior state. The verse therefore invites inner conversion: when you recognize the I AM as savior, you cease negotiating with lack and live from the certainty of your own divine being.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit in quiet, repeat, 'I look unto the I AM within me and I am saved now.' Then feel the inner light expanding to every corner of my experience.