Neville Goddard on Matthew 7:24-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 7 in context

Scripture Focus

24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Matthew 7:24-27

Biblical Context

Two builders are described: the one who hears these sayings and acts on them builds on a rock; the one who hears but does not act builds on sand. The storms reveal the difference, showing that inner fidelity to the truth determines the outcome.

Neville's Inner Vision

This scripture is not about a place but about a state of consciousness. The rock is the unchanging I AM within me, the foundation I assume through imagination. When I hear these sayings and do them in my inner life, I am planting my house upon the rock of awareness. The rain, floods, and winds are the thoughts and moods that test my conviction; they do not shake the rock, they reveal whether I stand on it. If I cling to old images of lack or separation, I build on sand and the storm exposes the fragility of that structure. But when I accept and dwell in I AM as my permanent identity, the foundation remains steady no matter the torrent. The wise man is the one who takes up residence in truth and lives from it, not by effort but by the certainty that I AM is the truth of all. Trials do not change reality; they change my awareness of it. Therefore I revise until the feeling of the wish fulfilled is the natural state of my mind, and the external world reshapes to reflect that inner rock.