Neville Goddard on Psalms 83:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 83 in context

Scripture Focus

12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Psalms 83:12

Biblical Context

Psalm 83:12 presents a call to seize sacred houses; Neville reads it as a warning against claiming spiritual space rather than abiding in the inner God within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 83:12 presents a cry: 'let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.' In Neville's language this is not about geography but a state of consciousness: the mind claiming external ownership of the sacred. The 'houses of God' become inner dispositions, temples of awareness that we imagine as separate from us. The moment we think we can possess them, we entangle ourselves in greed and the illusion of separation—holiness becomes property to be guarded rather than a living I AM. The truth is that God is within; the house of God is the consciousness in which God dwells. To unsettle this dream, revise the belief: I am the temple; the I AM fills all rooms of my mind. If fear rises—'I must own sacred space'—return to imagination: see the inner sanctuary open, not locked by possession. Feel the reality that your very awareness is the temple; you cannot lose what you are. When you assume this, the idea of external houses yields to the mystic fact that you are the interior king, and the kingdom of God is the state you inhabit now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine an inner temple. Say, I am the temple; the I AM within me fills every room, and dwell in that feeling until it becomes your real experience.