Inner Deliverance Arises Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the 'enemies' are states of consciousness—the loud opinions and fears that would bind you to a smaller sense of self. They surround your steps because you have identified with a limited you; like a hungry lion they prowl in secret places of memory, waiting to trigger habit and reaction. 'Arise, O LORD' is the wakening of the I AM within your awareness—the moment you refuse to let any thought stand as more real than you. 'Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword' becomes the recognition that the 'wicked' is the counterfeit self and the sword is the divine instrument of your imagination used with faith. By assuming the new state—feeling the reality of your freedom—you cast down the fear-actors and let your true self lead. When you dwell in that elevated state, the external pressures soften and deliverance appears as present fact, not future hope. The inner arousal becomes the outer relief; your life moves with the confident cadence of one who knows he is I AM.