Inner Tithe, Outer Abundance

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the passage translates outward giving into inner order. In Neville’s terms, the LORD is not a distant statute but the I AM—an awakening awareness within you. The tithe of oxen, sheep, and holy things stands for the mind’s possessions—habits, affinities, talents—set apart and consecrated to the divine function of consciousness. When the people bring these things and lay them by heaps, they practice a disciplined economy of attention, collecting the raw materials of life into a purpose-driven storehouse. This is not charity for charity’s sake, but a radical act of faith that one’s inner state governs external form. By deciding what to consecrate and where to invest, they align their daily life with a higher pattern, and the heaps symbolize the growing order of inner wealth—the gratitude, reverence, and obedience that undergird true worship. If you dwell in the I AM and declare, in effect, ‘these gifts are mine to use in service of God’s will,’ you invite multiplicity of form to respond to your inner decision. The law of consciousness then follows: give attention to the divine and the world returns abundance.