Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 1:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Nehemiah 1:6-8

Biblical Context

Nehemiah prays for the people, confessing collective sins and acknowledging their failure to keep God’s commands, while appealing to God to remember the covenant and his servant Moses.

Neville's Inner Vision

Nehemiah’s prayer is the inner act of returning to God by naming what my inner self has believed and done. In Neville’s manner, see that the I within is not a distant judge but the I AM that knows the truth of your being. When Nehemiah says We have sinned, he is not pleading guilt but shifting the inner state—recognizing misalignment and choosing to realign with divine law. The reference to Moses and the warning of scattering symbolize an inner law: thoughts and actions must be governed by the commandments of your true self. By confessing we, the mind disidentifies from separation and returns to covenant loyalty—the moment you hear that prayer, you are hearing your own spiritual ear awaken. The problem is not out there but as a belief of unworthiness; the solution is to revise that belief and to feel the truth of your unity with the divine will. Persisting day and night is the practice of keeping attention fixed on the I AM until the image of obedient, blessed life becomes your felt reality.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes, declare I am the I AM; I hear and obey; revise any felt doubt by replaying the inner scene of covenant-keeping until it feels real.