Neville Goddard on Job 14:19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 14 in context

Scripture Focus

19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Job 14:19

Biblical Context

The verse portrays natural forces wearing stones and washing away what grows from the dust, illustrating how hope can be dissolved by external pressures.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of these waters as the ceaseless movement of your own mind - ideas, fears, judgments - that seem to wear down the hard edge of life. If you identify with lack, erosion appears as a verdict from God, yet the erosion is your own assumption pressing on a deeper I AM that never changes. The stones you call your life are shapes formed by belief; they are not fixed realities, only forms you have taken for reality. When the surge comes - loss, time, or turmoil - remember you are not at the mercy of events but the awareness behind them. The I AM remains untouched, the quiet witness into which thought arises. By choosing a different inner state, you revise the landscape. Let the water wash away the old form of limitation, not your vitality, and imagine the dust giving rise to something enduring. See the future you desire as already present in your present awareness, felt as real now. In that inner revision, erosion becomes purification and your stated hope reassembles into a higher order of being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM as your unchanging center and revise the sense of lack by declaring that the future you desire is already yours, and feel that truth in your chest. Dwell there for a moment and let the feeling of fullness replace the sense of erosion.