Neville Goddard on Joel 1:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joel 1 in context

Scripture Focus

4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:4-5

Biblical Context

The passage describes crop devastation by successive pests and then calls the people to wake up and weep, turning away from wine and intoxication.

Neville's Inner Vision

The palmerworm, locust, cankerworm and caterpillar are symbolic inner states—habits of fear, complaint, and dependence—that drain the life of your inner garden. The cry 'Awake, ye drunkards' is a summons to stop feeding on the old wine of sense-pleasures and to attend to the real innermost life. What appears as outward devastation is a sharpened invitation to revise your consciousness. Rather than lamenting scarcity, recognize that your awareness has drawn this thinning of experience for the sake of a turning toward the I AM. The judgment is not punitive; it is a corrective squeeze that nudges you to claim the abundance already present in your awareness. By shifting belief from externals to the living presence of God within, you re-harvest your life and plant the seeds of promise in the soil of your mind.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the abundance you seek as your present reality; revise lack by feeling it real now. Sit quietly, imagine the table of life full, and let the inner wine of awareness pour into every moment.