Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 15:7-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 15 in context

Scripture Focus

7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

Biblical Context

Israel is instructed not to harden the heart or shut the hand from a neighbor in need, but to open the hand wide and lend what is sufficient. The passage warns against using the year of release as an excuse and promises blessing when one acts with generous, ungrieved giving, acknowledging the poor as a constant presence in the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within any man the gates of supply stand open when the mind remains aware of its own I AM. The command to open thy hand to thy brother is a command to awaken to a state of abundance and to act from that state. When you feel the impulse to withhold because you fear loss or the 'seventh year' is near, you are only perceiving limits in your own consciousness. Replace that view by imagining you already possess more than enough, and that you are freely providing for another's lack. In that act you set a new fact in motion: the inner state of plenitude becomes an outer reality as you give with ease and without grief. The poor are not outside you; they are the counterpart of your own need and supply. See the Lord thy God as your I AM, the ever-present condition in which giving aligns your life with abundance. Your blessing is not earned after the deed but activated by your decision to live from the assumption of abundance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of openhanded abundance as your present state, imagining you have already lent what is needed. In the next moment, perform a small generous act from that inner state.