Inner Hope, Divine Delivery

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 38:15-22 invites you to notice that the outward cry of distress is only the night side of consciousness. The space between 'hope in the LORD' and 'make haste to help me' is not a distance in geography but a distance in awareness. The psalmist names sorrow, confesses fault, and confronts enemies; yet in every line the implicit question is: What are you imagining about yourself now? In Neville's terms, the speaker is a state of consciousness that fears abandonment while seeking to be heard by the I AM. To 'hope in thee' is to hold a vivid assumption that the inner law will answer. The 'foot slipping' becomes the mind's habit of resisting the present conviction, and the request 'Forsake me not' is a demand that awareness remain constant, not dependent on changing circumstances. When you reinterpret these lines as a revision of your inner climate, you begin to declare your own sin and sorrow not as guilt to punish you, but as data to refine your assumption. Restore your sense of proximity to God by feeling the presence now, and your enemies recede as you dwell in the certainty of the I AM.