Inner Rejoicing and Divine Help
Psalms 40:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 40 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse invites the seeking to rejoice in God and praise salvation. It also presents the speaker as poor and needy, yet assured that the Lord thinks upon him and offers help.
Neville's Inner Vision
Two movements exist within your consciousness, not two different people. To say 'Let all those that seek thee rejoice' is to shift attention toward the I AM and magnify God within, until joy enters every corner of perception. The line 'but I am poor and needy' names a mental state of lack; the truth is that lack is only a greater invitation for the I AM to operate. When you affirm 'the Lord thinketh upon me,' you are declaring the inner awareness that you are always known, cherished, and provided for by God. 'Thou art my help and my deliverer' becomes a felt assurance that consciousness itself acts as helper and savior. 'Make no tarrying' is the command to cease hesitating and to align with the immediacy of divine response. Hold these contrasts in inner alignment until the seeking and the saved state fuse into one: you, as the I AM, are sustained by a present God who is magnified in you and who delivers now.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are already sought by God; feel the I AM thinking of you now. Internally declare, 'The LORD be magnified in my life,' and rest in the sensation of immediate relief and provision.
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