Neville Goddard on Psalms 116:16-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 116 in context

Scripture Focus

16O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

Psalms 116:16-17

Biblical Context

The verses declare identification as the Lord’s servant, freed from bonds, and a commitment to offer thanksgiving and call on the Lord. It points to inner deliverance through grateful worship and conscious invocation of the divine within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 116:16-17 invites you to consider not an external deity but your own I AM, the Lord within. When you affirm, 'I am thy servant,' you are naming a state of consciousness in which you serve the vision you hold of yourself. 'Thou hast loosed my bonds' becomes the inner emancipation from limiting beliefs by acknowledging the truth of your unlimited awareness. The 'sacrifice of thanksgiving' is not a ritual to perform but the atmosphere of mind in which gratitude animates every moment. To 'call upon the name of the LORD' is to invoke the I AM in you, to align attention with the divine in you that creates your world. By living as if you are already freed, you dissolve appearance of bondage; your surroundings rearrange to reflect gratitude, trust, and the realized presence of God as you. This is true worship: a continuous inner state that renders every circumstance a revelation of your inner liberty.

Practice This Now

For 5 minutes, close your eyes, shift your feeling to 'I am free and serving the Lord within.' Then silently say, 'I call upon the name of the LORD' and rest in the sense of the I AM as your reality.