Fruitful Gifting, Inner Economy

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul's words describe giving as a matter of inner economy. In Neville's reading, the act of generosity is a state of consciousness, not merely a transfer of money. When the giver imagines abundance and acts from fullness, the outward gift is the evidence of an inward supply. 'I have all, and abound' becomes a present-tense invitation you can claim in imagination, a declaration your mind repeats until it registers as truth. The 'fruit that may abound to your account' is the inner fruit: trust, joy, gratitude, a sense of rightful relation with your source. The 'odour of a sweet smell' and 'sacrifice acceptable to God' are metaphors for the felt alignment with the I AM that you are. By resting in that conviction, generosity circulates as natural expression, not as debt or obligation. The verse thus invites a revision of scarcity into abundance, so that giving is the outward sign of an inner reality.