Neville Goddard on Joel 1:17-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joel 1 in context

Scripture Focus

17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

19O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel 1:17-20

Biblical Context

Desolate land; crops fail and beasts suffer as drought and fire press upon the speaker. The cry to the LORD arises from a conscious sense of lack.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the visible ruin in Joel is a mirror of a living state of consciousness, not a weather report. The seed rotten under the clods is the belief that life is scarce, a seed of limitation buried in the soil of your mind. The desolate garners and barns reflect the sense that your inner storehouse is empty and supply distant. The groaning beasts and the fires symbolize restless thoughts and fears that scorch energy when attention is fixed on lack. When the rivers dry, energy stops flowing; when the forests burn, growth seems impossible. The cry O LORD is the awakening to the I AM, the awareness that you are the source of all life. By turning to that Presence, you can revise the scene: imagine your fields lush, your storehouses full, the streams running again. Do not seek externally; feel the abundance as your own birthright, and let the inner conviction nourish the outer world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise: restate the scene as already fulfilled—fields green, rivers running, barns full. Say I AM the source of all supply; feel the vitality flow through you now, and let the outer world catch up to your inner conviction.