Inner Thanksgiving, Everlasting Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the psalmist’s call as a doorway into your inner state. The LORD spoken of is the I AM you awaken as awareness; to praise is to acknowledge your own good-natured reality. When you affirm 'His mercy endureth for ever,' you are naming a perpetual mood of mercy within your consciousness, not distant favor. The 'mighty acts of the LORD' are the inner movements of creation that arise when you hold a steady breath of gratitude and trust. You cannot utter all such acts from a finite self, yet by dwelling in the knowing that you are the good, you become a living witness to them. The Psalm asks, Who can utter all praise? The answer in practice is: you can, by entering the state that contains all praise within it. Thus the verse operates as a spiritual technique: align your inner state with goodness, and mercy becomes your normal atmosphere, and the acts you praise spring forth from that inner kingdom. Your task is not to chase externals, but to assume the presence of fullness here and now, until your world reflects it.