Neville Goddard on Zephaniah 2:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zephaniah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

8I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

Zephaniah 2:8

Biblical Context

Moab and Ammon mock God's people and boast against their border. The speaker has heard this reproach and reviling.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, Moab and Ammon are the voices of fear that arise when you forget your I AM. 'My people' is your essential self, the consciousness that gives life to all appearances. When reproach and reviling rise, you are not being assaulted by others, but watching thoughts contend with your inner state as you identify with separation. The border marks the boundary you still believe exists between you and the truth of your being. The verse reveals that these judgments try to push against that boundary to unsettle you; yet you can refuse their claim by returning to the awareness that you are the perceiver, the I AM. By assuming the truth that you are already complete and enclosed within an indissoluble inner kingdom, you dissolve the power of every reproach. Practice this in imagination: affirm, I am awareness; I am whole; the border is a mental construct. Then allow the peace of the fulfilled state to replace fear as your consciousness holds to the truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and affirm, I am the I AM. See the border dissolve, and imagine your inner kingdom illuminating the field of awareness, untouched by reproach.