Neville Goddard on Isaiah 57:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 57 in context

Scripture Focus

8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Isaiah 57:8

Biblical Context

Isaiah 57:8 speaks of inner loyalties that hide behind doors, pointing to devotion given to idols and covenants apart from the I AM. It invites you to see how such inner images pull you away from true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behind the doors and posts you hide a remembrance of another into whom you pour your devotion, imagining a power apart from the I AM. This is not a distant ritual; it is a movement of consciousness toward idols—internal pictures, stories, and covenants you have accepted as real. When you enlarge your bed, you are widening the space in your imagination for those loyalties: you have formed an inner covenant with them and you love the bed they offer you. Thus you wake up as if led away from Truth, yet the I AM remains unmoved within you, awaiting your decision. The invitation of Isaiah 57:8 is not condemnation; it is a cue to revise. If you assume, even for a moment, that the One Presence is your only governor, you dissolve the old memory and its covenant with distraction. Let the inner door close on all accepted images and re-open to the true covenant in which you live as the I AM. Your life then reflects that I AM as steadfast reality, not a dependence on idols.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and silently declare, 'I am the I AM; no other power can govern me.' Then imagine a bright door closing on old idols and your life flowing from the light of the One Presence.