Facing Inner Opposition
Psalms 3:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The psalm laments being surrounded by many enemies who rise up against the speaker. It expresses fear and a sense of overwhelmed opposition.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this reading the Lord is your I AM—your witnessing awareness that can observe thoughts and fears. When you read, 'how are they increased that trouble me,' you name a state of mind that enlarges opposition as if it existed outside you. Neville teaches you to revise that belief by assuming the end you desire as already true: you are calm, unshakable, and aware of your safety here and now. By dwelling in the feeling of being the observer who governs conditions, you dissolve the imagined crowd and the noise of fear. In the theater of imagination, you inhabit the end you seek—free, confident, and supported by the I AM. The outer scene shifts as your inner state shifts, because reality is the inner act of consciousness. You do not conquer others; you return to the I AM and let your awareness re-create the scene from within.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume the feeling of being untroubled—what you want is already finished in your imagination. Picture the rising voices fading as you affirm, 'I am safe, I am I AM.'
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