Inner Waiting, Divine Shield

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the LORD as the I AM within you, the unwavering awareness that never abandons you. To 'wait' is to stand in that presence, letting your attention settle into the truth of being rather than the pulse of circumstance. 'He is our help and our shield' becomes a present tense reality you call into creation by sentence and feeling—your mind directing protection through firm inner consent. When 'our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name,' the joy is the fruit of a consciousness identified with that sacred name, not a mood that comes and goes. And the line 'Let thy mercy be upon us, according as we hope in thee' sets a law: mercy flows in exact proportion to your hopeful, stable identification. The practice is inner: return again and again to that I AM, assume you are held, and let the feeling of being cared for be your only sense of truth.