Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 40:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 40 in context

Scripture Focus

7Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

8Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

9And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Jeremiah 40:7-9

Biblical Context

After Babylon names Gedaliah governor, the captains and their men come to him; he urges them not to fear the Chaldeans, to dwell in the land, and that it shall be well with you.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 40:7-9 invites me to see Gedaliah as the inner governor I appoint over my life. The captains and their men are the busy thoughts and desires in the fields of my mind; Babylon is the outer circumstance that presumes control. When Gedaliah swears, I am making a covenant within: fear not to serve the Chaldeans—meaning respect the law that orders existence, align with the ruling intellect of the I AM, and act in accordance with that order. To dwell in the land is to stay in the present state of consciousness where I am already supplied; it is not flight from life but confident participation in life’s divine arrangement. The promise 'it shall be well with you' is the inward fruit of obedience: as I refuse to rebel against the dream, as I accept the reality of my inner governor, my outer world follows suit, revealing harmony, ease, and well-being. The moment I assume the governor, I am released from fear and step into the truth that I am the authority of my own world.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in silence, declare 'I am the inner governor; I dwell in the land of awareness, fear has no place here,' and feel the certainty of well-being as already realized.