Inner Tithe, Outer Blessing
Deuteronomy 14:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage commands giving the first and best of your harvest as a tithe and eating it in God's presence to foster reverence, binding worship to daily obedience.
Neville's Inner Vision
Deuteronomy 14:22-23 reveals a law of consciousness, not of coins alone. The increase of thy seed is the energy of your thoughts; the harvest you see year by year is the fruit of your inner belief. When you tithe, you are not paying God as if He lacked; you are training your attention to persist in giving, to value abundance, and to remember your true source. The place which the Lord shall choose to place His name there is your innermost I AM, the sanctuary you consciously visit in quiet. The tithe of corn, wine, oil, and the firstlings of your herd and flock stands as symbols for your faculties--mind, feeling, voice, and action--each offered back to the divine in you. By setting them apart and eating before the Lord in imagination, you learn to fear the LORD always--reverent, unwavering trust in the unseen order. This is true worship: obedience born of inner certainty that you already possess what you seek.
Practice This Now
Practice: Sit quietly and count your inner 'increase' (ideas, energy, opportunities). Tithe a tenth into a sacred inner reserve, then feast in imagination at the inner sanctuary and declare, 'I AM abundance, and I act from it.'
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