False Gifts and Inner Rain
Proverbs 25:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 25 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 25:14 warns that boasting about a supposed gift is empty, like clouds that withhold rain. It points to inner truth: true value comes from inner states, not outward display.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the I AM, this verse becomes a map from prideful display to inner realization. When you boast of a ‘gift’ you are claiming outer possession without forming it in consciousness; clouds and wind dissolve because there is no inner rain. The only rain that nourishes is the fulfillment of your inner state. Thus the remedy is to revise your assumption until the end is already here in consciousness: imagine that you possess the gift and feel it as real, not as an empty boast. This is a return to truth—you are the I AM, and imagination is your creative function. Humility, then, is not denial but alignment: treat every so-called gift as born from your inner state, not the applause of others. As you dwell in that inner reality, the clouds part and reality unfolds in its own good time.
Practice This Now
Imaginatively stand in the end-state: say softly, 'I am the gift I seek; the rain is within me now.' Sit in that feeling for a minute and let the inner rain dissolve the clouds of pride.
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