Shelter of the I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

In this psalm the shelter and the strong tower are not outward places but movements within your own state of consciousness. God, the I AM, is the awareness that holds and guards you. When you hear, 'thou hast been a shelter for me,' you acknowledge that fear or attack are withered by the steadfast protection of the I AM, a perpetual attention that never abandons you. To say, 'I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever' is to consent to live always within the perpetual dwelling of consciousness where you are aware of your unity with the divine, not chasing a distant rescue. 'The covert of thy wings' is the intimate cover of awareness that enfolds you whenever you turn inward and refuse to identify with lack. Selah invites a pause to feel the truth: you are already protected, already held, already home in God. The enemy dissolves when you inhabit this inner sanctuary, for the shift is inward: become the feeling of being kept, and the outer world rearranges to mirror your felt shelter.