Inner Winds of Psalm 48
Psalms 48:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Psalms 48 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The psalm describes fear and painful travail overtaking people, followed by a mighty east wind that breaks the ships of Tarshish, symbolizing the disruption of external threats.
Neville's Inner Vision
Fear and pain are not outer storms but states of consciousness I permit when I forget the I AM. In that moment the travail signals the birth of a higher awareness. The ships of Tarshish represent external supports—habits, plans, and securities—I have trusted. The east wind is not punishment from without; it is the activity of my I AM breaking through the shell of my old image. The wind dissolves those ships to reveal that the real fountain of life is the inner presence of God, the I AM, which remains constant while the scene changes. When I dwell in that I AM, fear loosens its grip and the apparent solidity of the world yields to a new possibility. The inner destruction becomes spiritual birth, transforming fear into faith and limitation into freedom as I recognize I AM as the unchanging ruler of my experience.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: In stillness, assume 'I AM' is the governing presence and revise 'I am afraid' to 'I AM the wind breaking the ships of fear,' then feel that wind dissolving the old forms as real.
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