Inner Joy Through Trust

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the lamp of I AM, the verse names the righteous as states of consciousness, not only people. When you align with the living truth within you, gladness is not a future emotion but an active recognition of your own divine presence in the LORD—the awareness that never leaves you. Trust, then, is not a petition to a distant power but the soft conviction that your inner reality holds the image of health, abundance and safety. The upright in heart reflect internally what they are seeing inside: harmony, clarity, and integrity of motive. The outward "glory" is the light that streams from a mind made calm and single. In this light, every thought and feeling becoming an expression of what you already are, the world simply lines up with your inner state. So the Psalmist does not command joy from without; he confirms that joy and trust are the natural atmosphere of a consciousness aware of itself as I AM.