Sacred Wealth, Inner Service
1 Chronicles 28:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Chronicles 28 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes gold and silver weighed to furnish the tables and vessels for worship, signaling careful, intentional preparation for sacred service. It frames wealth as a tool for facilitating true worship rather than mere possession.
Neville's Inner Vision
To the reader who fears that wealth is merely external display, the list of weights becomes a map of consciousness. The gold for the tables of showbread and the silver for the tables teaches that every act of worship is measured and chosen in the inner laboratory of imagination. 'By weight' signals a precise calibration of energy—what you value, nourish, and wield in mind becomes the very substance of your outward life. The tables hold nourishment; the fleshhooks, bowls, and cups are the tools of daily devotion—habits of feeling, speech, and action that you knowingly allocate to serve the I AM within. When you understand that wealth is the inner currency of perception, you begin to furnish your temple with gold by weight: faith, courage, and love weighed and placed with intention. As you persist in this inner construction, you experience true worship as a living reality—your outer world aligning with the sacred architecture you have imagined.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine a scale in your mind; place gold on the scales as a symbol of your inner wealth and weigh it with the conviction that you are the I AM within. Then revise any sense of lack by declaring you already possess the means to furnish your sacred temple through imagination.
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