Neville Goddard on Romans 11:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 11 in context

Scripture Focus

17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Romans 11:17-18

Biblical Context

Romans 11:17-18 speaks of Gentiles being grafted into the same spiritual root with Israel and warns not to boast over others, for the root supports all.

Neville's Inner Vision

I stand as the I AM, the root of all life, and all branches of my life—past, present, and future—are nourished by this one root. The wild olive within me, the thoughts and identities I once judged as separate, are now grafted into the same vitality, the fatness of the root. To boast would be to pretend the root does not feed me; humility flowers as I recognize that I am sustained by the root, not by outward status. In this inner order, grace flows as the natural warmth that ripens every possibility of my experience. When I align with the root, I see others not as rivals but as branches of the same Life, all fed by the singular Source. My sense of self expands from possession to participation in the living olive tree, and mercy arises naturally from this truth. I am not the root, the root is I; through this awareness, every facet of my life is nourished by divine life within me.

Practice This Now

Impose the feeling of being the root: for one minute, affirm I am the root and am fed by the One Life; let pride fall away as you feel the grace nourishing every branch of your being.