Neville Goddard on Lamentations 3:57-58 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 3 in context

Scripture Focus

57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

58O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:57-58

Biblical Context

God comes close when I call, saying 'Fear not.' He pleads the soul’s case and redeems my life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the scene shifts from outward history to inner state. 'Drewest near' is not a geographical event but a movement of awareness—consciousness turning toward itself and recognizing that the I AM is already present. When I called, fear began to melt because the awareness that 'thou art near' is the affirmation that I am not separate from the divine. The 'causes of my soul' are the causes, my beliefs, my feelings, my self-conceptions, which God as I AM takes up and rearranges. The 'redeemed life' is not a rescue from circumstances but the renewal of the self—an awakening to the truth that life is movement of consciousness, not bondage. This is the act of advocacy: God as the inner lawyer who negotiates with fear, transforming it into trust. By assuming that the I AM is near and acting from that level, the reader experiences an inner settlement, a felt delivery from limitation into the freedom of realized identity.