Neville Goddard on Job 12:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 12 in context

Scripture Focus

5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Job 12:5-6

Biblical Context

Outward ease and the appearance of security do not prove true blessing. The verse invites us to see that inner states create all outcomes and that providence flows from consciousness, not outer signs.

Neville's Inner Vision

All that you behold is the sign of your own consciousness. The lamp ready to slip is the mind clinging to the notion that you are separate from life; the thought at ease despises that vigilance. When the 'tabernacles of robbers prosper' or when those who provoke God seem secure, these are not judgments of the eternal, but forecasts of your inner weather. The abundance that God brings into the hand is the natural result of an inward posture: you are where your attention is, and God’s hand flows through your awareness to satisfy the life you affirm. Therefore, the outward scene—whether secure or precarious—records your inner trust or fear. If you desire real change, refuse to allow circumstance to define you. Assume the feeling of endless abundance, which is the I AM expressing through you, and revise any belief that you slip from grace. Your job is to awaken to the realization that you never slip; you merely awaken to the truth of God’s life in you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and declare, 'I am the I AM; my inner lamp never fails.' Then, feel the sense of God's abundance flowing through your awareness as your assumed reality.