Inner Kindness, Outer Suspicion

2 Samuel 10:2-3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 10 in context

Scripture Focus

2Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
2 Samuel 10:2-3

Biblical Context

David intends to show kindness to Hanun and comforts him; the Ammonite princes misread the gesture as a threat and plot.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the stillness of your I AM, the scene is not about ancient courtyards but about states of consciousness. David’s act of kindness is not a political maneuver but an inner impulse of blessing—an assumption that 'I AM' can extend mercy because mercy is the nature of the I AM. The Ammonites' accusation—'he comes to spy and overthrow'—is not about others but about your own habit of skepticism projecting onto the world. When you identify yourself with the I AM, acts that seem generous outwardly align with your inner posture: you assume the good, you revise any narrative of betrayal, and you feel the realities you desire as already seated in your consciousness. The danger is to let appearances govern you; the remedy is to hold the posture of David: send comfort, bless, and trust that your inner state governs the event. Your task is to practice discernment without cynicism: let your kindness be a constant, and let the inner 'spies' dissolve in the light of your steady I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and picture yourself as David, sending comfort to Hanun; affirm, 'I am kindness; my world bends to benevolence,' and feel that truth as present reality. Then carry this sense into the day, watching for opportunities to bless rather than judge.

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