Humility Elevates the Exalted Spirit
2 Corinthians 11:7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Corinthians 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul asks whether his own self-humbling—abasing himself—was an offense, meant to exalt others by freely preaching the gospel. The verse reveals that true exaltation arises from a humble, generous posture of consciousness toward others.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider this inner drama as the I AM posing the question: Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted? In this inner reading, the preacher and the abaser are the same I AM, the one life expressing as Paul and as you. When I preach the gospel freely, I am not paying a debt to others; I am practicing the habit of giving from abundance. The gospel is the recognition that you are already the source of life, health, and grace; to give freely is to let the light of awareness flow through you into the world. The abasement is a revision of identity: you shed the belief in lack and discover that exaltation of others is merely your consciousness expanding. Humility becomes power when it is not self-denial but the I AM acknowledging itself as giver and receiver in one. Thus generosity, grace, and mission arise as natural expressions of the presence you are: the I AM, alive as love, awakening others to their own divinity.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume the stance 'I AM' freely giving the gospel to others. Revise any sense of lack by feeling your inner abundance circulating through you.
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