Neville Goddard on Esther 5:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Esther 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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 5:7-8

Biblical Context

Esther defers her petition, proposing a banquet to gain favor before making her request. She signals discernment and grace, inviting the king and Haman to tomorrow's moment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Esther’s speech to the king is a mastercourse in consciousness. In Neville’s sense, the petition does not come from lack but from an awareness that you already possess the favor of your own I AM. The banquet is a symbolic act that seals the inner state before an outer request; it gathers the right atmosphere, aligning will, feeling, and circumstance. The king represents your sovereign decision, and Haman the fears and distractions within you; Esther’s invitation to both to come to the feast is an inner invitation to harmony between desire and resistance. When she says she will do tomorrow as the king hath said, she declares that the outer world will follow the settled inner premise: I am favored, I am supported, the right conditions are ready. Thus your own life can be rearranged by a shift of consciousness: arrange a symbolic meal where your goal is already granted, rest in that awareness, and watch as the outer scene subtly congeals to conform to the inner decree.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume you have already found favor. Visualize the banquet and the acceptance, and feel the relief as if your petition is completed; then release the image and remain in the I AM.