Job 16: Inner Comfort
Job 16:1-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Job 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Job rebukes his friends, calling their comfort miserable and saying their words cannot end his grief. He notes that even if he spoke as they do, it would not ease his pain, and his true aid would come from strengthening them with his own words.
Neville's Inner Vision
Job’s answer reveals that the so-called comfort of friends is but a projection of an inner state. The misery of their words shows you cannot rest the burden of your grief on another’s conversation. The only true relief comes when the I AM within—the awareness you are—assumes a new posture. When Job says 'I would strengthen you with my mouth,' he speaks of the power of language that arises from an interior state of assurance, not from argument. The inner man, not the outer voices, must speak the soothing tone; a revision of consciousness is required. By imagining that you are the one who speaks into the pain from the throne of I AM, you revive the energy that has the power to heal. The grief remains, but the momentum of life within you shifts from resistance to receptive, from complaint to acceptance. In this way, Job’s words become a map: the comfort you seek is already resident in your own awareness, ready to move through you as you imagine and feel it real.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, assume the inner speaker who strengthens with calm words, and feel the I AM moving your lips. Repeat softly, 'I AM the strength that comforts' until the inner voice steadies your heart.
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