Neville Goddard on Isaiah 55:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 55 in context

Scripture Focus

1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Isaiah 55:1-3

Biblical Context

Isaiah invites every thirsting person to come to the waters and partake freely, without price. By listening inwardly, the soul is nourished and an everlasting covenant is established in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader, thirst is not a hunger for bread but a call to turn within. The waters are not external streams but the I AM that you are now aware of—the living awareness that requires no payment and never fails. When you incline your ear to this inner invitation, you abandon the chase for substitutes and eat what is truly good: the bread, the wine, the milk of imagination, nourishment that awakens the soul to its own life. The 'labor' that fails is the effort you expend trying to buy reassurance from without; instead, imagine yourself already in possession of the 'sure mercies of David'—a phrase for the faithful conditions of consciousness that accompany your state rather than external conditions. This is the covenant of your inner king, an everlasting agreement that you are indeed the I AM, living, prospering, and held by a consistent mood of abundance. Practice knowing you are already the one who drinks and feasts within, and your outer life will congeal into the sign and symbol of that inner reality.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume you are already drinking from the waters of awareness and feasting on bread and milk without price; feel yourself as the I AM now, living under the everlasting covenant.