Blessed Path of Psalm 128
Psalms 128:1-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 128 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 128:1-4 blesses the one who fears the LORD and walks in His ways, promising provision and peace from one's labor. It paints the family as symbols of fruitfulness—your wife like a vine and children like olive plants around the table.
Neville's Inner Vision
Think of the verse as a description of an inner state rather than a future event. The blessing comes to the one who fears the LORD, which in this school means the one who reverently aligns with the I AM, the eternal awareness within. To walk in His ways is to live in harmony with that inner law, to assume the feeling of being already there. When you dwell in that state, you eat the labor of your hands because your labor is now the joy of creation, and happiness becomes your natural atmosphere. The image of your wife as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house, and your children around the table, is the mind's picture of abundance when the inner state is fruitful and at rest. These are not external requisites but inner correspondences: flourishing relationships spring from a stabilized consciousness that trusts the process. Behold, the blessing is not somewhere off; it is the consistent maintenance of the I AM in you, and the world follows the inner truth you declare.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the inner state of the I AM in your home—feel the dialogue between awareness and your days. Visualize your spouse as the fruitful vine and your children as olive plants, and let the feeling that this is already true flood your body.
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