Covetous Gehazi: Inner State Exposed
2 Kings 5:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Kings 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Gehazi, Elisha's servant, runs after Naaman to take a gift he hadn't been given, exposing a covetous inner state. The scene shows how resentment and desire can drive outward actions when the inner sense of sufficiency is forgotten.
Neville's Inner Vision
Gehazi represents a state of consciousness masquerading as service. When Elisha withholds, Gehazi's mind says, in effect, 'I am owed more; I must possess what is not freely given.' In Neville's terms, the man is not dealing with Naaman's purse but with his own inner lack. Your I AM, the real you, is infinite and content; but when you forget this, you chase forms—the gift, the honor, the reputation—thinking they will fill a void. The solution is to assume the standing of abundance here and now, to revise the impulse by feeling its opposite: gratitude and blessing. If you imagine that you have all you need in the I AM, you no longer need to seize; the outer encounter then reflects your inner revision, not your covetous impulse. Gehazi's running is the old movement; your living revision is to rest in the assured presence, whispering, 'I am that I am,' and bless what is offered rather than take it. The inner law is simple: consciousness creates its own results; shift the state, and the event follows as the echo.
Practice This Now
Practice: close your eyes, identify the 'Gehazi' within as a state of lack, and assume the opposite—'I am full, I am provided for.' Feel the feeling of abundance now, and bless the presence you encounter instead of chasing it.
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