Neville Goddard on Job 40:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 40 in context

Scripture Focus

17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 40:17-19

Biblical Context

Behemoth here stands as a mighty emblem of the inner life, its sinews and bones signaling divine order within consciousness. The line about the maker and the sword shows that when you rest in the I AM, you command the scene and invite harmony to come near.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behemoth is the image of your living mind in perfect, divinely ordered unity. The cedar-tail speaks of rooted desire aligned with the I AM, the sinews of stones and the bones of brass and iron signify thought-forms and beliefs held with unyielding craft. He is the chief of the ways of God—within you the I AM governs every movement; you can invite any circumstance to align with that authority by knowing who you are. The maker of him can bring his sword to approach him; in your case this sword is the tests of life that you can pass by persistent awareness. This scripture invites you to practice the assumption that you are the source of your world, not its victim, to revise any scene by imagining the I AM already acting, and to feel the reality of that inner sovereignty here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM within; I govern the ways of God in me.' Then feel the firmness of brass and iron in your bones and the cedar-rooted steadiness of your inner will.