Balak's Offer: Inner Temptation
Numbers 22:15-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Numbers 22 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Balak sends emissaries to Balaam, offering great honor if Balaam curses the people; Balaam contemplates the offer as an inner moment of choice.
Neville's Inner Vision
Balak's offer is not a political move but an inner committee of desires. The princes symbolize the mind’s craving for social validation, wealth, and power, while the promise of great honor is the bait that would turn the I AM toward the world’s approval. In Neville's psychology, Balaam's decision to go with the messengers—or not—reveals that every invitation to curse is an invitation to divide your inner unity. The 'curse me this people' impulse is a projection of fear and control, a belief that prosperity comes by diminishing others. Yet the true reality is that the I AM is the source of all blessing, and you are always free to revise any imagined outcome. When you hear, 'I will promote you unto very great honour,' recognize it as a counterfeit currency—appearing as success, yet pulling you away from the living presence within. Trust the inner guidance, not the outer offer. Your real wealth is a present consciousness that cannot be bought, and by aligning with that truth you refuse the terms that would break your unity with God.
Practice This Now
Practice: Close your eyes, visualize Balak’s gilded offer as a mere thought-temptation, then declare I AM Prosperity now. Feel wealth and divine guidance as present, and reject any invitation to curse or trade your inner unity.
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