Neville Goddard on Esther 5:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

7Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Esther 5:6-8

Biblical Context

Esther invites the king to grant a petition and delays the main request to a future moment. She speaks with grace of favor and prepares a plan that relies on inner alignment rather than force.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther appears as a state of consciousness requesting from the King of awareness. The banquet is not a meal but a quiet altar where your inner I AM asks, What do you desire? Esther’s petition—granted, even to half the kingdom—speaks to the readiness of your consciousness to claim abundance by asking with grace and timing. Her favor is not earned by struggle but by alignment: she speaks first of having found favor in the sight of the king, then invites a future gathering where the full request can be presented. In Neville’s terms, you rehearse the premise that you already have what you seek, and you arrange a moment where the inner ruler and the desired outcome meet. The word 'banquet' becomes a setting of imaginative attention whose atmosphere, not external event, governs your reality. When you dwell in that imagined favor, you reveal the hidden permission of your own I AM to perform your petition, even leading to a future 'tomorrow' where the manifestation steps forward.

Practice This Now

Set aside a quiet minute to imagine Esther-like favor; seated with your inner king, present your petition as already granted, then affirm that the banquet of your desire is underway and that it is done to bring the manifestation into your life.