Neville Goddard on Joshua 23:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 23 in context

Scripture Focus

3And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

4Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

5And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

Joshua 23:3-5

Biblical Context

The verse speaks of an inheritance given by the Lord and a people empowered to possess it. The Lord's fighting for them marks the inner work of consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Joshua speaks from your own I AM: the mighty acts of the Lord are within the consciousness that says, 'I have fought for you' with every heartbeat. The remaining nations are not far lands but the stubborn habits and fears that have not yet been claimed by your sovereign center. The Jordan is the threshold you cross in imagination, and the great sea westward is the limitless horizon of your awareness when you stop looking outside and begin to look inside. As you acknowledge that the Lord your God has divided to you the inheritance, you acknowledge your own right to a new state of being. The expulsion of enemies is the clearing of thought—your attention removes pattern after pattern that no longer serves the promised land. The covenant loyalty is not an external contract but the inner agreement of your I AM with itself: you shall possess the land because you have decided it is so, now, here, in this present moment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: tonight, close your eyes and declare silently, I AM the one who has already inherited the land; feel the victory as real until it rests in your bones.