Neville Goddard on James 4:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read James 4 in context

Scripture Focus

13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

James 4:13-15

Biblical Context

James 4:13-15 warns against boasting about future plans; life is a vapor that appears briefly and vanishes. It teaches to align ambitions with the Lord's will, guiding us to seek inner discernment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine you are not drafting the next year in time, but aligning your inner state with the I AM that you truly are. The verse invites you to replace the boastful 'we will' with a quiet 'If the Lord will,' which is really a recognition that the I AM within dictates timing and direction. In this light, 'life is a vapor' becomes a teaching that you are not the source of every event, but the observer who calls forth forms by imagining them as already given. Your plans arise not from external calendar control but from a state of quiet certainty that the Lord’s will is already accomplished in consciousness. When you dwell there—feeling as though the desired outcome is already present—you rewrite the scene with patience, trust, and discernment. The practice yields humility, faithfulness, and a clearer sense of Providence guiding your steps. Remember: planning under God's will means you revise the story inside until it matches the reality of the I AM rather than clinging to volatile appearances.