Neville Goddard on Job 4:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 4 in context

Scripture Focus

9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Job 4:9

Biblical Context

God’s breath is a life-force that ends the old self. It marks a turning point where what was dies to make a new start.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verse speaks in the language of inner biology: the blast and the breath of God are not external winds but the inflow of consciousness. The 'perish' and 'consumed' are the dying of a belief in limitation when the I AM recognizes itself as the source. When you, the interior observer, awaken to the fact that you are the I AM breathing your world, the old self dissolves. The 'God' here is not some distant judge but your own consciousness at rest in the truth of being. The destruction you fear is really a thinning of ignorance—an inner pruning that makes room for a new image; then the outward event aligns with the new state. Practice: hold the conviction that you are the one who breathes life into every situation; let the old problem vanish in your awareness of your true nature; let the breath of God within you revise the scene into harmony.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, breathe in and out as if God were breathing you; declare 'I AM the breath of God within me' and revise the situation as already dissolved, feeling it real.