Neville Goddard on Joshua 24:14-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 24 in context

Scripture Focus

14Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

18And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

20If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

22And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

24And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

28So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

Joshua 24:14-28

Biblical Context

Joshua 24:14-28 calls the people to fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity, forsaking other gods. It ends with a covenant witnessed by a stone-altar reminder.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Joshua's audience, I say, the command is not a history lesson but an invitation to consciousness. The fear of the LORD is the reverent alignment of your awareness; to 'serve' is to choose alignment with your I AM in sincerity and truth. The 'gods' of the flood and of Egypt are not outside you but within old images, habits, and identifications that you still worship in your dream. The land of the Amorites is the field of your daily experience, where your attention dwells. When you declare, as did the people, that you will serve the LORD, you are not paying lip service; you are redefining what your mind accepts as reality. Joshua's warning about a jealous, holy God mirrors the inner discipline of your imaginal life: the moment you slip into a habit of doubt or fear, that 'other god' asserts control and you feel the sting of separation. Yet the stone of the witness—your daily act of self-consistency—stands as memory that you heard your own trial and chose the I AM. Therefore choose now, for you are the one who truly assigns your future by the truth you accept in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already serving the LORD in truth; revise any competing habit by feeling it-real that you have cast out the 'gods' of old beliefs, and sit in the witness of that commitment.