Neville Goddard on Psalms 115:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 115 in context

Scripture Focus

4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Psalms 115:4-8

Biblical Context

These verses reveal lifeless idols—silver and gold formed by human hands—that cannot hear, speak, or move. Those who trust in them become like them, while true sight and power come from the I AM within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Idols are not distant shrines but states of consciousness you entertain when you forget the I AM. The mouths, eyes, and ears of those images speak nothing because they are only appearances of a belief, not living reality. To lift yourself, return your awareness to the I AM, the indwelling God who is aware through you. When you trust in form—the coin in your pocket, the status of your name, the idol of success—you hand over your creation to lifeless shadows and your life mirrors their emptiness. Yet the moment you revise your stance and declare, 'I am the I AM within,' you invert the order: the inner fact becomes your outer experience. Imagination becomes your instrument; you don’t appease an external idol, you awaken to the living principle of consciousness that animates all; thoughts, feelings, and events align to reflect the new state. By feeling the I AM real, you dissolve the power of idols and claim a world that responds from within, not from bronze or stone.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and repeat, 'I am the I AM within.' Imagine the lifeless idol dissolving into light as you rest your attention on the living consciousness that is I AM.