Samson's Spirit-Bound Breakthrough
Judges 15:12-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Judges 15 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Judges 15:12-16 shows Samson bound to be delivered to the Philistines, but the Spirit of the LORD empowers him to break free and achieve victory. The passage speaks of deliverance through divine power arising from within.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the inner listener, the cords upon Samson's arms are not mere rope but states of consciousness you have consented to as your reality. They bind the ego to a rock of fear, a narrative that you think governs you. Then comes the Spirit of the LORD—a breakthrough in awareness, the I AM, your living presence—who awakens and unlocks what you have deemed fixed. The cords burn away like flax because imagination has touched fear with insight; the bands loosen not by force but by the realization that you never truly belonged to the condition you fear. The donkey's jawbone, a humble tool, becomes an instrument of deliverance when wielded by faith—the ordinary mind successfully used to overcome every multiplicity of appearances. The thousand adversaries are countless thoughts, doubts, and appearances, dissolved when you rest in the one Power. This is the story of inner victory: when you refuse to yield to limitation and cultivate the I AM, your ordinary resources are transfigured into weapons of liberation.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume, 'I am the I AM; I break all binding now.' Feel the release and imagine the cords turning to flax and burning away as the Spirit moves through your life, using your ordinary tools to achieve a decisive breakthrough today.
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