Neville Goddard on Job 1:20-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 1 in context

Scripture Focus

20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 1:20-22

Biblical Context

Job rises, tears his robe, and falls to the ground in worship after profound loss. He proclaims that life comes from God and returns to God, and that he will not blame or charge God foolishly.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner world is stirred by loss, yet Job's act is a disciplined shift of consciousness. He does not deny the reality of pain, but refuses to let pain define him. In Neville's terms, the outer story is but the surface drama of your inner I AM, which remains untouched by change in the world. When Job says 'the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD,' he is not praising the absence of trouble but affirming the constancy of the I AM behind every event. The true giver and taker are not some external fate but your own sense of self as manifestation. To imitate Job is to revise your assumption: you are the source and conserver of all experiences, and nothing can diminish your essential being except your willingness to forget it. When you “worship” you awaken the realization that every scene in your life is a signal from the subconscious, inviting you to align with the I AM, to bless the name that you are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume the I AM is the source of all that happens; feel that awareness as real and unchanging, even as appearances shift. Bless the name of the I AM within you and watch the outer scene mirror your inner state.