Inner Markets, Outer Justice

Amos 8:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Amos 8 in context

Scripture Focus

4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos 8:4-5

Biblical Context

Plain summary: Amos exposes the greedy who swallow the needy and use sacred rhythms to justify deceitful trade, harming the poor. It links wealth with moral justice and warns against manipulating measures.

Neville's Inner Vision

Conceive that the world you see as external economy is a reflection of your inner state. When you deem yourself separate from provision, you become like those who swallow up the needy in a mental sense—believing scarcity, competition, and deceit are real. The new moon and the sabbath are not merely calendars but inner rhythms of consciousness: cycles of release and rest through which you measure and distribute supply. To fix an ephah small and a shekel great is to hold a split mind: one part yearning for advantage, the other insisting that the universe is scarce. Neville would remind you that God is your I AM, and imagination is the instrument by which you revise reality. If you identify with lack or with market justice alone, you reproduce the verse's condition. But awaken to unity with the all-providing I AM, and the scales balance in awareness. You begin to treat every exchange as a divine act of giving, and you revise the image until deceitful weights dissolve into truthful measure. In this inner economy, provision becomes natural justice manifesting outwardly.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe deeply, and assume you are the I AM—source of all provision. Revise the sense of scarcity by silently declaring, 'There is enough for all; I distribute with perfect justice,' and feel the truth until the outer circumstances align.

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