Inner Balance of Integrity
Job 31:5-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Job 31 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Job 31:5-7 speaks of personal integrity: if vanity or deceit has entered my life, I want God to weigh my life in an even balance. It warns against straying from the right path and letting eye-fueled desires stain my actions.
Neville's Inner Vision
Job names a state of consciousness, not a mere external judgment. When I say I have walked with vanity, I am naming the habit of aligning with appearances rather than the I AM within. The 'even balance' is the steady scale of awareness by which the true self is measured. To be weighed by God is to allow the I AM to set the standard, not the crowd or the senses. If my step turned from the way and my heart followed my eyes, that is a movement of thought I can revise. The blot on hands is only a symbolic trace of a thought I accepted as real; I can erase it by affirming that my life is governed by the inner idea of me—perfect, whole, innocent in God. The inner measure is always present; you simply turn toward it, and the outer world aligns with the inner resolution. You are not judged by what you did outwardly, but by the state you occupy inwardly. By returning to the I AM, you reclaim integrity as your natural reality.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, imagine the scales of an inner balance, and declare: I am integrity; the I AM weighs my life and finds it true. Feel the balance steady as you align thoughts, words, and deeds with that state.
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