Neville Goddard on Job 10:3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 10 in context

Scripture Focus

3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 10:3

Biblical Context

Job questions God's treatment of life's hidden work and the seeming favoring of the wicked; it voices a grievance about oppression and the judgment of outcomes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Is it good unto you that you oppress or despise the work of your hands? In Neville's psychology, these words reveal your inner state. The I AM is not an external tyrant but the conscious you; oppression and despising your creations arise from habitual judgments. Shine upon the wicked when you fix your attention on old, failed beliefs, thus keeping them alive in your mind. The truth is that creation is imagined by your consciousness; therefore the verse invites a reversal: instead of judging outward scenes, assume a new inner order. If you suspect injustice, revise your assumption to perfect order within; if a scene seems wicked, affirm that your reality is governed by love and the living order you imagine. Your life is the direct outpicturing of your inner state, and God dwells as the I AM within you, not as an external judge. Oppression dissolves when you acknowledge that you are the creator, and that your imagination is the law by which your life unfolds.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of an entirely ordered inner life—see the work of your hands thriving; repeat, 'I AM the creator of my surroundings, and my inner order is just and true' while imagining this new state as already real.