Neville Goddard on Micah 4:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Micah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Micah 4:10

Biblical Context

Micah 4:10 speaks of Zion undergoing birth-like pain, moving from the city, into fields, and even into Babylon, before the LORD delivers and redeems from enemies.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this verse as a blueprint for inner birth. The pain is the contraction of a new state of consciousness; Zion represents your I AM, the awareness that you are. Traveling from the city is leaving old identifications; dwelling in the field is widening the arena of imagination; going to Babylon points to confronting the habitual beliefs that have ruled you. Deliverance is not a rescue from without but the moment you acknowledge the I AM as the sole reality, the mind releases its grip on imagined enemies. The LORD's redeeming power flows as you maintain a steadfast assumption of your innate freedom. In this light, exile becomes the womb of your new self, and freedom is the felt sense that you are already redeemed here and now. This is how Neville’s method meets the text: imagine the end, feel it real, and live from that assured state until the old conditions dissolve.

Practice This Now

Tonight, sit quietly and assume you are already delivered. Feel the I AM as your own reality and imagine yourself stepping out of a former self and into a field of limitless awareness, where freedom is your present condition.