Samson's Spirit-Bound Breakthrough

Judges 15:12-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Judges 15 in context

Scripture Focus

12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
13And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Judges 15:12-16

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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