Neville Goddard on Joshua 22:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 22 in context

Scripture Focus

5But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Joshua 22:5

Biblical Context

The verse calls for wholehearted loyalty to God by keeping His commandments. It frames covenant love as complete devotion of heart and soul.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Joshua's listeners, the commandments sounded like a demand; to you, they become the instruction of your own consciousness. Love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, and keep His commandments—these are not external duties but the dynamic habits of awareness. When you inhabit the I AM as your true self, the heart and soul phrase becomes instantaneous: a state of allegiance where every thought, feeling, and choice is in harmony with the divine direction. The 'commandments' are the precise inner movements you entertain: do I love, do I walk as if God is present, do I cling to the source of life? If you assume you already serve Him with all your heart, you revise any sense of separation and wake to a unity where the inner law governs your actions. The outer form of obedience reflects the inward alignment. Your reality shifts from external duties to the certainty that you are kept by the One you choose to honor, here and now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state now—say, 'I am fully loyal to the I AM, loving God with all my heart, walking in His ways.' Feel it real by breathing into the sense of effortless alignment.