Neville Goddard on Psalms 40:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 40 in context

Scripture Focus

6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

Psalms 40:6-8

Biblical Context

The psalm declares that God does not desire external sacrifices, and the speaker commits to doing God's will, with the law written in the heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear in this psalm the lifting of sacrifice from outward rites to inner obedience. The ears opened are not for hearing the sounds of offerings, but for hearing the inner decree of I AM, the timeless command that causes action. The volume of the book written of me is the living law within my consciousness; I delight to do thy will, O God, because thy will is my will when I remember I am the I AM. The burnt offering and sin offering fade as I awaken to a temple within where the law resides. I come not as a debtor to ritual, but as the creator of my world who acts from this inner alignment. When I claim this state—delighting to fulfill the inner will—the outer conditions harmonize to reflect that sovereign conviction. The world becomes a visible demonstration of the inner decree; health, purpose, and harmony follow as I dwell in the awareness that I am that will which loves the doing of it.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state, 'I delight to do Thy will; the law is within my heart,' as though it were already real. Then revise a current goal to align with this inner law and feel the feeling of it becoming true.