The Jawbone of Inner Victory

Judges 15:15-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Judges 15 in context

Scripture Focus

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.
17And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
18And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Judges 15:15-19

Biblical Context

Samson slays a thousand with a jawbone, then, after his victory, he is parched and calls on the LORD. God opens a hollow place in the jawbone, and water flows, reviving him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner scene is the battlefield; the jawbone is not fleshly weapon but symbol of your decision and imagining power. The thousand slain are the fears and problems you counted as defeated in your mind. When Samson ends his speech and casts away the jawbone, you too release a tool that served a moment, and you may feel a sudden dryness—an inner thirst—signaling a turn from external struggle to inner reliance. The cry 'Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant' becomes your turning point: call upon the I AM within as the sustenance of life, not a contingent supply from without. God opens a hollow place in the jawbone—an inner hollow—where living water appears, reviving spirit and will. The name Enhakkore, remembered in Lehi, becomes your reminder that the source remains within and that the conquests you celebrate are manifestations of consciousness revived by inner nourishment. Thus triumph does not rest on a weapon or a place outside you, but on your renewed awareness that the I AM provides.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume you have already overcome your current obstacle; feel the inner water rising within you. Dwell in the I AM and silently declare, I am supplied from within.

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