Pharaoh's Sea of Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the Psalm is not a history to be locked in time; it is a record of an inner movement. Pharaoh stands for the fear and bondage I have believed myself to be under. The Red Sea is the boundary I cross when I refuse to identify with that fear any longer. God’s act of overthrowing Pharaoh and his host represents my I AM awareness dissolving the old state of limitation. Mercy is not a person or condition outside me; mercy is the eternal mood of consciousness that endures forever. As I entertain the victorious state, the sea parts not to fulfill some distant event, but to reveal the freedom already secured by the I AM. The deliverance is accomplished in the moment of recognizing that I am not the fear, I am the awareness that witnesses the fear and dissolves it. In that moment, the old army collapses, and the new march—knowing I am free, whole, and supported by everlasting mercy—becomes my present reality.