The Gate of Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the consciousness lens, this verse speaks not of external ritual alone but of an inner gate. The people of the land are states of mind; the gate is the threshold where attention and reverence meet the I AM. When you stand at that doorway in sabbath rest or in the new moon of renewal, you are not performing for a deity outside you, you are tuning your inner atmosphere to the Presence you already are. The LORD stands within your awareness; to worship at the gate is to align your imagination with that Presence, to let a new mood and a new assumption dwell there until it feels real. Practice the feeling of being attended by the divine, as if the gate were forever open to your longing. By repeatedly returning to that posture, you cultivate a sanctuary where thought, feeling, and action harmonize and your world becomes a reflection of your inward worship.