Neville Goddard on Psalms 78:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 78 in context

Scripture Focus

9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

10They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

Psalms 78:9-11

Biblical Context

Psalm 78:9-11 tells of Ephraim's armed men who turned back from battle because they neglected God's covenant and his law, forgetting his works. The inner teaching is that forgetting the inner covenant leads to outer weakness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember that in Neville's language, the children of Ephraim are states of consciousness; the armed and bow-bearing are ready impulses of judgment and action in your mind. The day of battle is the moment when choice presses you to act in accordance with your inner decree. To turn back is to withdraw from the covenant you have with the I AM, the living law within. When you refuse to walk in God’s law, you ignore the order that would align your imagination with truth, and so you forget the works and wonders you once experienced as possibility. The verse does not condemn historical foes; it convicts your present thinking: you are free to assume a new covenant now, to remember that the I AM has already acted in your life as fulfilled perception. By not dwelling on past failures but by returning to the inner promise, you awaken the power that creates; your battles shift from fear to unwavering faith, and what you seek becomes your present awareness.