Neville Goddard on Job 5:8-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 5 in context

Scripture Focus

8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 5:8-16

Biblical Context

Job 5:8-16 expresses turning to God and committing one’s cause to Him; God does wondrous, unsearchable things and raises the humble, while the crafty are thwarted, offering hope to the poorest in spirit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose you accept that 'I would seek unto God' is the declaration of your own consciousness. The 'I AM' within you does great things beyond search or number; not as external acts but as the clarity of being aware. The rain and waters are the inflow of ideas and assurances poured into your fields of opportunity by your inner government. To 'set up on high those that be low' is to lift your own view of yourself; when you mourn, this awareness exalts you to safety. The devices of the crafty fail because they operate in the realm of separate-mindedness; your consciousness now refuses that game and sees the folly of cleverness. Darkness by day or noonday by night are simply states of attention; shift your focus, and the darkness dissolves into illumination. He saveth the poor—from the sword, from their mouth, from the hand of the mighty—meaning your humble mind is safeguarded by the I AM within. So the poor hath hope; your mind's hope stops the advance of guilt and fear. The scripture thus becomes a manual: rest in the inner authority until your world rearranges to reflect safety and exaltation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are held by the I AM; declare, I seek God within and commit my cause. Then feel-it-real by imagining the uplift from low to high and resting in safety.