Cry to God, Embrace Victory

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awakened self, this verse is not a plea but a declaration of the state you already are. When I cry unto thee, I am aligning my attention with the I AM within, and the imagined enemies of fear and doubt withdraw into the background as the inner climate shifts. The 'enemies' are not out there; they are the tremors of a mind still picturing itself as separate from its creator. The turning back of the foes is the reversal of that picture, a reversal you effect the moment you anchor the consciousness that 'God is for me.' If you insist on the truth of that sentence until it registers in feeling, you have created the victory in your own imagination; the outer scene will respond to your inner assurance. Thus the psalmist teaches not to chase relief but to assume the state of relief and let the world reflect it.