Neville Goddard on Luke 11:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 11 in context

Scripture Focus

5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 11:5-8

Biblical Context

In Luke 11:5-8, a traveler asks for bread at midnight, and the host finally gives in after persistent knocking. The passage points to the power of persistent petition.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Luke 11:5-8, the story is not about a neighbor, but about the I AM within you. The door that is shut represents a belief that your good lies beyond your present awareness; importunity is the inner discipline of insistently dwelling in the state of already having received. When you imagine you already possess the loaf, you awaken this inner friend and bring supply into your life by the force of your consistent, vivid assumption. Your external world will adjust to your inner state because imagination is the causal power of reality. The traveler is your desire; the friend within is your awareness; the journey is the inner march from belief to realization. If doubt arises, return to the calm I AM and reinforce your claim with feeling, not argument. Persist in this shift of state, and the seemingly midnight door will yield the loaf you seek, not by force, but by the harmony of inner conviction and outer manifestation.

Practice This Now

Practice: in a quiet moment, assume you already possess the bread you desire; feel the loaf in your hand and the warmth of hospitality fulfilled; repeat internally 'I have it now' with conviction until it feels real.