Neville Goddard on Joshua 17:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 17 in context

Scripture Focus

15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

Joshua 17:15-16

Biblical Context

Plainly, the scene shows Joshua urging expansion and courage. The tribes complain that the land is too small and the obstacles are formidable.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the 'great people' line as a call to awaken the inner self, the I AM. The wood country becomes your imagination where you cut down limitation; the giants and Perizzites are fears; the chariots of iron are stubborn habits. When the tribe complains that the hill is not enough, they reveal a contracted sense of self. Joshua invites you to revise by enlarging your heart until the entire land is yours in consciousness. Outer scenes mirror an inner movement; the moment you decide you are a great people in your awareness, you begin to claim more land, more possibility, more liberty. The giants fall not by force but by no longer consenting to limitation in imagination. The victory is faith in your own I AM, not in external armies. Practice this by dwelling in the end and letting your inner state shift to match it, then watch the outer scene align.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the I AM state. Enter the wood country in imagination, clear a path, watch giants fall, and repeat I am that I am and this land is mine now until it feels real.