Inner Lord Arises for Safety

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 5 speaks to the felt oppression of the poor and the sighing of the needy. In Neville’s language these are states of consciousness: lack, fear, and limitation. When I, the I AM, arise as the Lord in me, I set my posture of safety against the puffing voices of outer conditions. The ‘words of the LORD are pure’ are the thoughts I choose to accept into my furnace of life, refined by the fire of attention until they shine as incorruptible silver. The promise ‘Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever’ becomes a decree I claim for my inner kingdom: my inner law preserves the true idea beyond the present generation of circumstances. The final verse, ‘The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted,’ shows that outward appearances of power mirror only collective belief. I do not fear them; I anchor in the abiding truth that the inner Lord arises, and through that awareness I am kept safe, pure, and free.