Rising From Deep Waters
Psalms 18:16-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Psalm 18:16-18 speaks of being drawn up from waters and delivered from a powerful enemy, with the Lord as the steadfast stay in times of trouble. It frames salvation as an inner act of awareness rather than external rescue.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider the waters as your own streams of thought and feeling. When it says He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters, see it as a shift of attention: awareness from within moves to identify and pull you from the tumult. The 'strong enemy' and those who hated me are inner habits and fears that seem to overpower you; they vanish when you realize the I AM is the reality that never leaves your side. The phrase 'the LORD was my stay' is your present assurance—your constant anchor of consciousness that does not waver with circumstances. Deliverance in this sense is not about changing external events but about aligning with the inner governor of being. You revise your story: ‘I am drawn up and held by God within; nothing is too strong for the I AM that I am.’ In that mode, you experience a calm ascent through the storms; you know you are not at the mercy of calamities but sheltered by the inner divine presence, which is always ready to deliver by awakening you to your true state.
Practice This Now
Practice: sit quietly, imagine being drawn out of the waters by your I AM, and repeat, 'The Lord is my stay' until you feel the relief as real.
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