Neville Goddard on Job 9:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 9 in context

Scripture Focus

16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

Job 9:16

Biblical Context

Job expresses a doubt that even a direct divine response proves God has heard him; the issue is his inner belief, not the presence of hearing. The verse points to a deeper inner state that governs how we interpret any sign of life or response.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job's line reveals a state-of-consciousness truth: hearing God is not an external event but a shift in your inner state. To him, the voice that answers remains real yet insufficient to erase his doubt; the 'God' he speaks to is the I AM within. When you insist that an outer sign proves hearing, you also deny the innate immediacy of consciousness. The answer is already within; by assuming the state, you align with it. The attitude of trust arises not from proofs but from the conviction that you are always heard by your own awareness. By imagining that your voice is attended by the divine I AM, you convert potential resistance into smooth acceptance. Your suffering becomes a signal to practice revision: declare 'I am heard now,' feel it as the present sensation, and let the emotional tremor settle into quiet knowing. In that quiet, you experience the very discipline Job seeks: a consciousness that presides over outcomes, not the flip of outward events.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and silently revise: 'I have called and I am heard; the I AM within attends to my voice now.' Then feel the response as warmth at the center of your chest.