Neville Goddard on Judges 6:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

2And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

7And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

Judges 6:1-7

Biblical Context

Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and was delivered into the hand of Midian for seven years. They hid in mountains and caves and cried out to the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 6:1–7 speaks to the interior life. The Midianites and their devastation are not merely armies marching on a field; they are images born in a mind convinced that life is scarce and the I AM is distant. When Israel sowed, their increase was destroyed—an outer sign of an inner lack of faith. The cry to the LORD is the turning of attention from the scene to the one who stands behind every scene, the I AM within you. Your awareness, not the events, creates the world you inhabit. If you imagine yourself free, abundant, and sustained by God, the imagined invaders recede because you shift into a new state of consciousness. The deliverance in this story comes as a revision, a new assumption that you are one with the Source, that you are the expression of divine power here and now. Begin with the words I AM and feel their reality until the old pattern of fear dissolves and the mountain strongholds become mere shadows of a past belief.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit still for a few minutes and repeat I AM free now, then feel the relief as if the situation has already shifted; hold that feeling until you notice a change in how you respond to lack or fear.