Neville Goddard on Judges 16:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 16 in context

Scripture Focus

18And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

Judges 16:18-19

Biblical Context

Delilah tricks Samson into revealing his heart; she then uses that disclosure to weaken him, shaving his head and draining his strength.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 16:18–19 becomes for you a study in inner states, not a tale of hair and swords. Delilah is the outer costume of a belief that strength resides in something outside you—the locks, the sign, the approval of Philistines. When Samson tells her his heart, he is surrendering the anchor of his power to an illusion. The I AM—the indwelling awareness you are—remains untouched by such appearances. Your true strength is a state of consciousness, a certainty that you are held by an eternal covenant within, not by a momentary sign or a severed lock. Betrayal reveals the lack of alignment with that inner state; it does not erase the I AM. To reclaim strength, assume and feel from the end that you are the one who cannot be weakened by appearance. Revise in your imagination: ‘My power is the I AM, here and now, inseparable from me.’ Let the sense of wholeness return, and observe how the scene shifts to reflect your inner composure, restoring the vitality that never truly left.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and breathe; repeat, 'I AM the strength within me, the I AM that cannot be shaken.' Visualize the scene dissolving as you revise your power to rest in your inner state.