Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 8:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 8 in context

Scripture Focus

12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

Deuteronomy 8:12-13

Biblical Context

Prosperity is described as abundance—food, housing, wealth—and the warning is that such abundance can lead to pride if the heart forgets its source.

Neville's Inner Vision

View Deuteronomy 8:12-13 as a mirror of your inner weather. When you have eaten and are full, when you have built goodly houses within your imagination, when your herds and gold appear multiplied, these are not merely signs of outward fortune but signals that the inner state has grown complacent. The scripture speaks in terms of states of consciousness; prosperity is the outward sign of the I AM already at work within your mind. If you cling to the abundance as a self-sufficient result, pride will creep in and you will forget that all outward forms are the effect of a deeper, unseen gift: awareness that creates through feeling and imagination. The remedy is not to discard prosperity but to refuse to worship it; keep your attention on the I AM, the source of all form, and allow outer wealth to be the fruit of inner certainty. When you revise to identify with the creator rather than the created, you walk in humility even while you enjoy abundance, knowing blessing flows from consciousness, not from external evidence.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise: affirm 'I AM the source of all I possess.' Feel abundance as my inner reality, letting outward riches arise from this consciousness.