Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 50:43-44 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 50 in context

Scripture Focus

43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Jeremiah 50:43-44

Biblical Context

The king of Babylon hears alarming reports and falters in fear. The Lord proclaims that the external power will be driven off and that He alone appoints the time and the shepherd over the realm.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 50:43-44 invites us to see the visible crisis as the echo of inner states. The king's fear is the tremor of a mind clinging to control; the lion rising from Jordan is the onrush of thought that feels overwhelming. Yet the sentence 'who is like me? and who will appoint me the time?' is not a boast but a reminder: the only governor of your world is the I AM you awaken to in consciousness. When you bend your attention to the inner realm and affirm that you appoint the season and the shepherd, you dissolve the panic. The decree comes not from outside but from within, through your assumed feeling that you are already sovereign, that the time is set by your inner choice. You become the one who calls forth the shepherd to stand before you, and the chaos converts into order as you hold the new image. The external is merely the echo of inner consent; your present feeling makes the appointed outcome inevitable.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the role of the shepherd within, and feel the inner calendar shift. Say softly: I am the I AM; I appoint the time and the guide over my life.