Neville Goddard on Psalms 100:1-4 - 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.

4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Psalms 100:1-4

Biblical Context

Psalm 100 calls all lands to joyful worship—serve with gladness, enter his presence with singing, and acknowledge the Lord as Creator and shepherd of his people. The verse invites an inner shift: gratitude opens the gates of the inner sanctuary, turning praise into presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the psalmist whisper: the LORD, he is God. Not a distant sovereign, but your own I AM, the awareness that constitutes you. The lands are your thoughts, and the sheep of his pasture are your aligned states of consciousness. Make a joyful noise becomes the inner tone you hold while you breathe; it is the vibrational seed you plant in the soil of imagination. To serve the LORD with gladness is to serve your own inner nature with joy, to come before presence with singing is to adopt a mood of celebration in your mind. Entering his gates with thanksgiving is the practice of gratitude—turning attention into a sanctuary. The practical result: as you dwell in gratitude, you cease to chase external outcomes and you discover that presence is already yours to be. The shift from praise to presence is not a change of place but a change of state: you awaken to the fact that you are the beloved creation and the creator walking in unity.

Practice This Now

Practice: close your eyes, breathe, and repeat, 'I am grateful; I am in the Presence now,' until it feels real. Then imagine walking through inner gates into a bright sanctuary of gratitude and dwell there.