Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 20:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 20 in context

Scripture Focus

7O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

8For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

Jeremiah 20:7-8

Biblical Context

Jeremiah laments that God's word exposes him to mockery and derision as his prophetic cry confronts resistance; he feels deceived and derided daily.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Jeremiah’s cry is not a failure of God but a revelation of the inner state wrestling with a higher truth. The line thou hast deceived me reveals the I AM within calling forth a new vision stronger than the old self; the derision of others is only the outer echo of your former belief, the ego’s resistance to a greater premise. When the word of the LORD becomes reproach, see that the inner voice is pushing you past habitual doubt into living faith. The stronger within you is not overpowering God but awakening your own power to imagine and to feel the truth as already yours. So do not rail at the deception; revise your assumption until you feel the new state as real. Persist in the conviction that your inner I AM governs both thought and world, and the derision will fade as your life demonstrates the quiet triumph of your chosen premise.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and silently assume: I am the I AM, and my word is true for me now. Hold that feeling for a few minutes, revising any doubt into a stronger inner conviction.