Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 25:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 25 in context

Scripture Focus

5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

6And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Jeremiah 25:5-6

Biblical Context

Turn away from evil ways and the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land the Lord has given. Do not go after other gods, and you will be preserved from harm.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 25:5-6 speaks not of places and idols alone, but of states of consciousness. The call to turn from evil ways is a summons to drop your fixed pictures and habits that keep you small, and to return to the one I AM that animates all thoughts. The land promised by the Lord is the inner country of awareness you dwell in when you identify with I AM rather than with your separate concerns. When you chase after other gods, you are chasing substitutes and building images that provoke the sense of hurt by separation. To obey the command not to worship the works of your hands is to refuse to idolize external results and to rest in the inward Presence that makes all things possible. If you align with the I AM within and repudiate the thought that you are at the mercy of circumstance, you will find that harm recedes as harmony returns. The moment you assume a new state of consciousness, you are dwelling in the promised land where blessing flows and fear dissolves.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state of I AM as your dwelling place and revise a troubling habit by declaring its meaning dissolved. Feel it real by breathing into the inner land and living from there now.