Open Lips, Open Praise

Neville's Inner Vision

Deliverance in this psalm is not a plea to change an external condition, but an inward alignment with the I AM. When the speaker says, deliver me from bloodguiltiness, they are awakening to the truth that guilt is a state of consciousness, not a fact in the outer world. Your salvation is the reclamation of your true identity, the moment you assume you are already forgiven and living as the righteous, because the I AM within you speaks in your behalf. As you imagine yourself as the one God saves, your tongue becomes the instrument that sings of righteousness. The request, 'open thou my lips,' is the invitation to the inner mouth—the willingness to speak from inner authority—so your words reveal that you are in harmony with divine truth. Practice this by assuming the feeling of already being freed; let praise flow from you as naturally as breath, and notice how words of blessing replace old guilt patterns. The goal is to live from that inner verifiable certainty, and let your spoken praise be the proof of your new standard of living.