Neville Goddard on Jonah 4:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jonah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Jonah 4:9

Biblical Context

God questions Jonah's anger over the gourd, and Jonah defends it. The scene reveals how attachment and self-righteous anger masquerade as virtue, obscuring mercy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jonah’s anger at the gourd symbolizes our own attachment to temporary comfort and control. The I AM within asks you to release that attachment and respond from a broader mercy. When you identify with the I AM, you see the plant and its outcome as mirrors of your own inner state, not sources of true happiness. So revise your stance: insist in imagination that you are the I AM, awake and unbound, capable of compassion beyond personal preference. Feel that shift as already done, and watch anger dissolve as a deathless light takes its place, guiding you to bless rather than begrudge.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, picture the gourd shading your head, then repeat: I am the I AM; I revise this anger now. Choose mercy and bless the situation, letting compassion replace grievance.