Neville Goddard on Psalms 100:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 100 in context

Scripture Focus

1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalms 100:1-3

Biblical Context

All lands are summoned to joyful recognition of the Lord and to enter His presence with singing. The psalm declares the Lord as God, the Creator, and us as His people under His care.

Neville's Inner Vision

The Psalm speaks to the inner state you carry in your chest as the only landscape that matters. Make the joyful noise not to an unseen God out there, but as a declaration that your I AM awareness is awake right now, and that joy is the natural color of this consciousness. To 'serve the LORD with gladness' is to align your daily imagination with gratitude, to act from the inner praise rather than from lack. When it says to 'come before his presence with singing,' imagine approaching your own awareness with a chorus of grateful feeling, letting the melody of appreciation precede any external result. 'Know ye that the LORD he is God' means the divine reality is the consciousness you possess; the world you see is formed by the God within. And 'it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves' releases you from self-wrought limitation; you are fashioned by the I AM, and you belong to that pasture of perfect security and guidance. In that light, you are the shepherded and the shepherd of your experience, moving in harmony with the inner law that creates your life from the inside out.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, affirm 'I AM,' and feel joy rise as the day’s music. Then imagine stepping into your inner pasture, sowing grateful thoughts and singing them into reality.