Neville Goddard on Isaiah 49:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 49 in context

Scripture Focus

4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

5And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Isaiah 49:4-5

Biblical Context

The passage describes a worker who feels his toil has been in vain, yet trust remains that his judgment is with the LORD and his work with God. It also holds that, even if the people are not gathered, the speaker will be glorious in the LORD's eyes and God will be his strength.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah 49:4-5 invites you to see that your grand labor is not a display of external success but a movement of consciousness. The mind declares, I have toiled in vain, yet the I AM within you keeps the journal of your true effects. 'My judgment is with the LORD' is not a creed, but a shift of state: you align with divine law, and your actions become the outward demonstration of an inward decision. 'My work with my God' means your faculties serve the divine purpose, even when outward Israel seems scattered. When the verse says, 'though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD,' you are not waiting for this to occur in time; you are the consciousness that has already gathered itself into unity with God. The strength you seek is not produced by effort but drawn from your indefinable I AM. Therefore, your mission to bring Jacob back is the reclamation of every fragment of self into harmony with the one Life.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the LORD's servant; revise any sense of lack by declaring, 'My judgment is with the LORD, and God is my strength—now.' Feel that strength as a warm current moving through you.