Kindness Amid Misunderstanding

1 Chronicles 19:2-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 19 in context

Scripture Focus

2And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles 19:2-4

Biblical Context

David seeks to show kindness to Hanun because Nahash did to him; he sends messengers to comfort Hanun. The Ammonite princes interpret this as treachery and humiliate David's envoys.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, observe that the outer peril is but a reflection of an inner state. David embodies the I AM in action—mercy extended beyond fear. Hanun and his princes represent a tremor of doubt: a belief that kindness is a cover for attack, a dream of invasion in the land of self. When the messengers come to comfort, the scene asks you to notice how your thoughts can be misread when fear presides. The remedy is not to contest the other’s motive, but to hold a steadier state: I will be kind, I will not abandon the one who needs comfort, I will imagine my hospitality arriving intact and received. As you dwell in that inner setting, the apparent opposition bends, and the messenger’s mission becomes the actualization of your benevolent intention. Remember: reality follows the state you assume. So if you choose to regard every encounter as a possibility to comfort rather than to conquer, your inner drama will rewrite itself and care will enter the scene.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of kindness toward someone who misreads you today; revise the scene inwardly by picturing them receiving your comfort as an inevitable reality. Feel it real in your chest and let that version become your new norm.

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