Neville Goddard on Job 30:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 30 in context

Scripture Focus

20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Job 30:20-23

Biblical Context

Job cries out to God, feeling unheard and abandoned, while a harsh wind seems to oppose him and dissolve his substance; the passage conveys a moment of divine silence amid suffering and hints at the approach of death.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear Job’s cry, and in that cry I recognize the I AM that is always awake within you. The sense of being unheard is a state of consciousness not a distant God; it is your own assumption of separation from the living presence. The 'strong hand' that opposes you is the stubborn will you cling to, a belief that you are defined by lack. When you are lifted to the wind and made to ride its currents, you are not tossed by fate but moved by the inner motion of consciousness—a revision in thought, not a catastrophe in circumstance. The 'dissolving substance' speaks of worn-out forms and beliefs dissolving as you re-imagine them; death here is the shedding of an old self, not annihilation but transformation. You are carried toward a new order because you choose to inhabit a different state of awareness. Trust that the ground of your life is the awareness you cultivate now, and you will awaken to a reality that has always been yours within the I AM.

Practice This Now

Practice for 5 minutes: close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state, 'I am heard now; my request is fulfilled in the I AM within me.' Let the feeling of completion replace the old sense of abandonment.