Inner Peace Psalm 120:5-7

Neville's Inner Vision

That line of Psalm 120 opens not with geography but with the interior occupation of your mind. 'Mesech' and 'Kedar' are not places on a map but states of consciousness—wandering thoughts and tents of argument that keep you from the peace you are. Your soul has long dwelt with a habitual voice that hates peace, an inner crowd that prefers strife to harmony. Yet the declaration 'I am for peace' reveals your true I AM, the essential consciousness that seeks Israel's calm within. When you speak, your words are not mere sound but creative act; to speak war is to feed the outer scene with the inner storm. The psalmist's curse becomes a permission slip: notice the warlike mood, forgive it, and return your speech to peace. In Neville's terms, you are not a captive of exile but the ruler of your inner city. Each moment of imagined peace reconstitutes your world; every revision of hostile posture into tranquil intention invites the mind's conditions to follow. Your day-to-day circumstances mirror the inner settlement you entertain. Stay with the feeling of peace, and your 'sojourn' among resistance dissolves into Shalom.