Asa’s Inner Alliance
2 Chronicles 16:2-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Asa uses silver and gold from the temple and the king's house to bribe Ben-Hadad, breaking Baasha's alliance. The Syrians attack Israel, Baasha halts Ramah, and Asa fortifies Geba and Mizpah.
Neville's Inner Vision
Take this scene as a mirror of your own consciousness. Asa’s outside act of paying silver is not merely politics; it is inner revision by which a man proves to himself a new state of being. The treasure—taken from the house of the Lord and the king’s house—symbolizes the wealth you have in your I AM when you no longer cling to the old security of limitation. He speaks a new league, and the unseen must answer to belief. When Ben-Hadad hearkens, the world shifts; but the true shift occurs in Asa’s mind, where the decision is already made: I am no longer ruled by Baasha’s fear or by the memory of Ramah. The outer army’s attack is the echo of the inner decision; the stopping of Ramah and the rebuilding at Geba and Mizpah are the visible fruit of a revised state. You too must live in the end you seek, hold the image of your desired outcome, and realize that the I AM within has already organized the means to bring it forth.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly, affirm, 'There is a league between me and the source of all supply; I already possess what I seek.' Feel the truth until the outer world echoes your inner end, and notice how circumstances rearrange to fit the revised state.
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