Neville Goddard on Isaiah 61:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 61 in context

Scripture Focus

1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 61:1-4

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of the Spirit upon the speaker, anointing him to heal, liberate, and comfort. It also envisions rebuilding ruined places and transforming desolation into beauty.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the Spirit of the Lord GOD upon me, anointing my consciousness to preach good tidings to the meek within. I do not seek outside rescue; I am the one God has sent, the voice that binds up the brokenhearted in my own heart and releases the mind-bound, liberating it from fear. I proclaim liberty to the captives—the thoughts that chain me—by changing the inner channels of belief, opening the prison of doubt to the light of a new settlement in awareness. I declare the acceptable year of the LORD is now, the day when I turn from mourning to wholeness, comfort to despair. For those within Zion who mourn, beauty for ashes flows to my memory, the oil of joy for mourning oils my inner atmosphere, the garment of praise covers the heaviness of spirit. I become trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, nourished by divine alignment, glorifying Him through the life I live inwardly. And I shall rebuild the old wastes in my experience, raise up desolations of generations long past, by the power of awakened consciousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, claim 'The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me' as your present awareness and feel it real. Then revise a current limitation by imagining it has already been transformed.