Neville Goddard on Isaiah 8:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

Isaiah 8:17-18

Biblical Context

Plain sense: The speaker vows to wait for God even when God hides Himself, and to seek Him inward. They and the children given to them are not mere individuals but signs and wonders arising from the divine within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah whispers of the I AM within you, not a distant God. To wait upon the LORD that hides its face is to rest in consciousness and refuse the impulse to chase outer proofs. I will look for Him means I turn my attention inward until awareness becomes the living presence I experience. And the children whom the LORD hath given me are the inner states of consciousness I have produced by my assumption. They are signs and wonders in Israel—proofs that my mind has embraced a new reality, the Zion of my awareness where the I AM dwells. The LORD of hosts is the I AM behind every thought, sustaining the throne of Zion within me. When I stand in that stillness, the hidden becomes seen, and what I have imagined walks into my life as present fact. All returns depend on a single shift: the willingness to assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled and to dwell there until it feels natural.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and declare I am the I AM, waiting within. Assume your desired state as already present, and dwell in a vivid scene until it feels real.