Inner Roots of Renewal

Job 8:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Job 8 in context

Scripture Focus

11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 8:11-12

Biblical Context

Job 8:11-12 warns that growth requires nourishment; without inner water even green life withers. It invites you to see your life as a plant fed by consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the Neville reader, the rush and the flag are not mere plants but states of consciousness that require inner nourishment. Job asks you to see whether your most vital thoughts can grow without the mire of persistent belief watered by attention. When a plant remains green yet is not watered, it withers—so does any desire when not fed by the living I AM. The inner water is your awareness, the sense that you are attended by providence, that the unseen world is ready to support what you assume is true. Providence appears as guidance when you keep the soil of your mind moist with faithful attention to the state you desire. If you persist in imagining yourself already nourished, you will see the rush and flag thrive, not by chance, but by your intentional irrigation. Do not seek without; revise your premise within until your belief is rooted and flourishing. Your life will resemble the green stalk that endures, because you have watered it with the conviction that you already possess the good you seek.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner nourishment now. Close your eyes, rest in the I AM within, and feel a cool, sustaining water flow through you, reviving every part of your life. Then affirm, I am nourished by divine life until this state feels real.

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