Inner Justice Of Job 29:16
Job 29:16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Job 29 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Job 29:16 portrays Job as a protector of the poor who also seeks the unseen causes behind events. It signals a life lived by justice, mercy, and compassionate action.
Neville's Inner Vision
I speak as Job, but the living I within you speaks too: I was a father to the poor—my inner world refuses to abandon the vulnerable of consciousness. The 'cause which I knew not I searched out' is the discovery that the true inquiry begins in the heart, not the street. I do not seek something outside to fix; I search the unseen premise behind appearances—my own thought-world. When I act as the father, I am declaring the state of abundance, the law of right action, and the mercy I am. The poor are not scattered souls but lack-minded moments within; by assuming the role of protector and provider in my imagination, I liberate them from lack. The search becomes a spiritual audit: I question judgments, I revise every belief that constrains mercy, I insist that justice and generosity are the atmosphere of my life. As I hold this inner posture, the outer conditions align to reflect it—the world becomes a field where righteousness, mercy, and stewardship are lived, and the cause I did not know becomes legible as the fruit of new consciousness.
Practice This Now
Assume the inner state: I am the Father to the poor within. Feel the abundance as real now, and revise scarcity beliefs to align with that provision.
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