Neville Goddard on Matthew 8:23-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 8 in context

Scripture Focus

23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Matthew 8:23-27

Biblical Context

Jesus and his disciples sail into a fierce storm; fear grips the disciples as they wake him. He rebukes the winds, and the sea becomes calm.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the ship is your embodied life, the waves the changing thoughts, and the fear a scattered state of consciousness. The disciples’ alarm is a momentary disconnection from the I AM, the aware Presence that never leaves itself. The sleeping Christ within is the constant awareness that does not move with the weather, for it knows itself as the ruler of all inner weather. When the cry, 'save us,' rises, it is the mind awakening to the belief in separation; the answer is not outside but within as the one you truly are. Then the I AM commands the storm by simply arising as true consciousness, and the wind and sea yield to the authority of your awareness. To spectators, the miracle appears as external power; to you, it is your internal recognition that no storm can prevail where you know yourself as the I AM. Your present state dissolves fear and reveals the great calm that was always there, waiting for your acknowledgment.