Neville Goddard on Job 14:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 14 in context

Scripture Focus

7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Job 14:7-9

Biblical Context

Renewal is possible; even a tree cut down can sprout again when water nourishes its roots. It speaks of revival after apparent death.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's method, the tree is your inner state. When you feel life cut from you by circumstance, remember that no real death has occurred in the I AM. The root and stock are your underlying consciousness; their age or decay matters only to the outer image. The scent of water is the felt quality that revives perception - belief, the moisture of imagination, the refreshment of a new idea. You are the one who witnesses the sprouting; the water is fresh inspiration from within, not external weather. The verse teaches that renewal comes not by changing outer conditions but by a shift in consciousness that allows life to reappear in form. When you hold the conviction that your I AM can awaken the tender branch again, your thoughts align with a future that already exists in the inner garden. Despair dissolves as you claim the truth: you are always the root and the plant in potential, awaiting the sense of life that follows belief.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the stump of a tree in your life; feel the scent of water reviving its roots and a green shoot breaking the soil. Say softly, I am newly alive by the waters of my I AM, and dwell in that feeling until it feels real.