Neville Goddard on Job 5:22-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 5 in context

Scripture Focus

22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Job 5:22-23

Biblical Context

Job 5:22–23 speaks of laughing in the face of destruction and famine, fearlessly engaging with the creatures and stones of the earth, as harmony replaces threat.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner economy of your consciousness, destruction and famine are not mortal events but states of mind that you have outgrown. When you acknowledge the I AM that you are, laughter replaces fear, for you are no longer at the mercy of outer conditions. The beasts of the earth and the stones of the field become cooperative partners because you have decided to dwell in a realm where all of life is obedient to your inner decree. To the one who awakens, the world does not threaten; it reflects back your degree of awareness. Therefore, you are in league with the very furniture of nature—its stones and beasts—because your imagination has harmonized with the underlying order of being. The verse invites you to reside in a fixed, confident consciousness that remains undisturbed by appearances, knowing that your inner state commands outer events. Faith becomes a present-tense experience: you laugh now, you are at peace now, and future hope unfolds from this secure center.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are already in harmony with the earth—laugh at destruction and famine as if they never touched you. Feel the stones, beasts, and fields respond with peace as your inner state solidifies.