Psalm 3: Shielded by I Am

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville’s lens, the psalmist’s foes are states of mind, not people. The claim, There is no help for him in God, is the false belief that Source is distant or unavailable. Yet the line, Thou art a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head, reveals the truth: the I AM—the conscious awareness underpinning all perception—can lift the head above fear and listlessness. When I cry, the LORD hears from his holy hill, I understand this as the inner certitude answering from within, not from somewhere outside. To sleep in the night is to rest in the constancy of this inner power; the sustaining Presence is real in the moments of stillness. The threat of thousands becomes a mental picture dissolved by an unwavering assumption of deliverance. Arise, O LORD; save me, translates to a deliberate act of revision: I am saved now by the Power that has already acted in my inner chamber. The problem is not out there; it is my decision about what is real. Rehearse the end until it rules the moment.