I AM Sustains the Skin of Faith

Job 19:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Job 19 in context

Scripture Focus

20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job 19:20

Biblical Context

Job describes extreme physical wasting and a near escape. The imagery conveys a sense of being pressed to the edge, yet not finally destroyed.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awake man or woman, Job’s cry is not a history of bones and teeth, but a description of a state of consciousness in which appetite, fear, and hope cling to one another. The bone that cleaveth to the skin is the stubborn sense of limitation that believes it must hold on to every form. The escape by the skin of the teeth is the moment a new awareness slips through the narrow seam of belief, proving that what you fear you’ve already believed into existence. In this scripture, God is not outside but the I AM within you, the aliveness that animates every sensation. When you refuse to be ruled by the outer image, you revise with the assumption that you are sustained by the living presence that you name I AM. The body may tremble, yet your inner state can be nourished by faith, patience, and the imaginative act of claiming vitality as already real.

Practice This Now

Assume right now that you are sustained by the I AM—feel the inner support as if your life were already complete; revise the scene until lack dissolves and vitality feels real.

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