Neville Goddard on Judges 8:4-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 8 in context

Scripture Focus

4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

5And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

6And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

7And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

Judges 8:4-9

Biblical Context

Gideon and his small band push on despite exhaustion. They ask for bread from towns that doubt their mission, and vow punishment if victory is delayed.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the story, the Jordan crossing and the three hundred with him are not places and people but states of consciousness marching through a desert of apparent lack. The faintness is a clue: your desire is real, yet your energy has not fully returned to the sense that the victory is already accomplished in you. The towns—Succoth and Penuel—are inner voices that withhold nourishment, the mind saying, 'Not yet; show me the bread of results first.' Gideon’s declaration that 'when the LORD hath delivered' enters the future tense, revealing a habit of mind that depends on an external timetable. Neville's method teaches that the 'I AM' within renders the whole external scene moot; as you assume the end, you are fed now, the hand that conquers Zebah and Zalmunna is your inmost will. The moment you accept victory as already present in consciousness, you stop bargaining with pain and begin to nourish your pursuit with the exact feeling of fulfillment.

Practice This Now

Assume now that the victory is already delivered in your consciousness; feel the nourishment of inner provision rising within you, and let that sensation linger as you proceed.