Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 9:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

6Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

7Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Nehemiah 9:6-7

Biblical Context

God is the sole Lord who made heaven, earth, and all within, and preserves them. He also chose Abram and gave him the name Abraham, signaling a shift in inner identity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this scripture I hear a psychological truth: the Lord is the one I AM that stands behind every scene of my life. The heaven and the earth are not distant realms but facets of consciousness I have created and sustain by attention and belief. The host of heaven worships thee, meaning my thoughts and powers praising the one I am aware of. The line that God didst choose Abram and gave him the name Abraham is a drama of inner revision: Abram is the fixed, limited state of mind, Ur of the Chaldees is the old sense of self, and Abraham is the higher, blessing-filled state my awareness can call forth by assuming it already is. When I realize that God created and preserves all, I recognize my inner world is governed by a single sovereign I AM. The world follows my assumed state, and worship arises as order follows attentiveness and reverent feeling. This is not history external to me; it is my inward experience waking to itself.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare 'I AM the LORD of my inner world,' and revise Abram to Abraham in your mind, then feel the new state already present here and now.